The passing of the torch

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2015)

In this spin off/sequel to rocky balboa, the film now has rocky in a mentor role in the way that Mickey was to rocky in the first film bringing it full circle. Being a big rocky fan, it was interesting to see where rocky story picks up now that he lost Paulie and facing issues of growing age and having to deal with his mortality, the story also focuses on Apollo creed illegitimate son Adonis Johnson creed who like his father follows in his dad's footsteps of being a boxer. He comes to rocky to help train him even thought the Italian stallion has no desire to return to the boxing world at first feeling he is done with that world but agrees to be the mentor to him and train him. It is interesting that Sylvester Stallone is the same age that burgess Meredith was in the first rocky film. Overall a rather touching tale.