You can not create the same magic twice

Rating: 5/10 (7 December 2019)

There is nothing wrong with Creed in terms of direction and acting. The issue I have, is that it's basically the original Rocky and the same magic can not happen twice. It has the same formula of the original film, with Stallone taking on the role of Micky, while Jordan takes on the role of Rocky. With that said, the film is executed fairly well, with a lot of energy. Much of the credit has to go to Ryan Coogler, Sylvester Stallone and the young star of the film, Michael B. Jordan. But at the end of the day, Creed is too predictable and familiar and outside of Jordan's fine performance and arguably Stallone's best work of his career there not much here to recommend.