A very disappointing movie

Rating: 4/10 (9 April 2016)

*contains spoilers* I'd rank it lower but somehow, I found myself trudging through this nightmare of a Rocky movie through sheer force of will. This movie, is terrible. It is not written really well at all - the introduction of a character as "Apollo Creed's son" who is driven towards boxing but initially gets smacked around (because he's knocked out by one of the champions in the Delphi Gymnasium, the same gymnasium where Apollo had trained) and so he's gone to Rocky Balboa to get training. In itself, the story is supposed to be bearable (We had it already in Rocky V, the 1990 Rocky movie with the upstart who is beaten by Rocky in the climax), but dear, merciful, Lord... this movie runs like War-Room.
Rocky, was never War-Room. This movie, treats its audience like they've never seen Rocky at all, and are completely dumb as Trump voting Yanks. This movie, is the reality TV equivalent of a slap in the face of Rocky fans. Especially when there's ACTUAL HBO SPORTS ADS IN THE GOD DAMN MOVIE.
EVEN the fight, is mediocre at best. The training montage is disappointing, horrendously so. And the worst part, they're trying to make a character for "Creed", as a lame excuse to continue the "Rocky" tradition and story, but are in essence insulting Apollo Creed.
(sigh) bottom line, if you consider yourself a really true die hard Rocky fan, then watch it. But if you're sane, Watch "Angel" by Tahir Shah instead. That song is better... way better than this... yeah. Pathetic Creed, full of acting trappings which makes him a shallow construct, and the worst part is that everyone dumbs down for this pathetic Creed character. A shitty protagonist, and a very dumb and disappointing story.
You have been warned.