Great Spin-Off!

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2016)

I got around to seeing this "Rocky" spin off at the local multi-plex over the holidays, and it's a winner! From the collaborators of a great little indie film from a few years ago, "Fruitvale Station", writer/director Ryan Cooglar, and star Michael B. Jordan, take the deceased character of Apollo Creed, and have the illegitimate son- Adonis Creed (Jordan) go to Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) for training.
There were a lot of great little moments in this movie, which definitely had it's own feel separate from the original set of 5 "Rocky" films released between 1976 and 1990. In fact, I would say this film follows more along the lines of the much more recent 2006 "Rocky Balboa", directed by Stallone himself. I've heard that Sly is passing off the franchise to Cooglar and Jordan, but not sure if there will be another movie in this spin-off line-?? I hope so... Big thumbs up for this one!