Decent outing in which Rocky Balboa takes a mentor to combat powerful contenders

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2019)

Boxoffice smash about a young man who attempts to become a boxing champion, thanks to the great Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone. Good spin-of with the previous heavyweight champion, nowadays ill and retired, serving as a coach to Adonis Johnson, Michael B Jordan, son of his former friend and rival Apollo Creed . As Adonis dreams of becoming a boxing champion to win fame and fortune, as his late father Apollo : Carl Weathers , but the long way results to be hard-working and difficult. As Adonis first has to confront a tough boxer called Danny Stuntman Wheeler : Ward, and , shortly after, it eventually leads to a final showdown, the world championship. As Adonis combats the world lightweight champion, Pretty Ricky Conlan : Tony Bellew, who is well trained by an astute coach : Graham McTavish .
This is a nice following to long running Rocky series in which it takes parts of Rocky I, II and Rocky IV. It relies too heavily on uplifting ideas from earlier Rocky movies. As Stallone/Rocky takes the Burguess Meredith role as trainer and mentor to newcomer boxer. As Rocky takes in a protege, training him in the style that made him a champ. As there are attractive and moving scenes about training and extreme endeveour. Support cast is pretty good, such as : Tessa Thompson as Creed's girlfriend, Phylicia Rashad as his mother, Graham McTavish, among others . And brief appearance of Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago as prologue to Creed II, 2018, directed by Steven Coples with similar cast , in which Adonis faces off against Viktor Drago son of Ivan Drago who appeared in Rocky 3.
Lavishly and efficiently financed , including spectacular combats, by the saga producers : Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff , his son William Chartoff and Sylvester Stallone himself. It packs a colorful and adequate cinematography by Marysse Alberty. As well as a pounding and stirring musical score by Ludwig Gorasson. The motion picture was competently written and directed by Ryan Coogler, though without originaly, because he simply copies the prior Rocky movies. Coogler is a fine craftsman who has written and directed a few and enjoyable films, such as Fruitvale station starred by Michael B Jordan, Black Panther and Scenes for minors Tv series. Rating : Above average. Well worth watching. The overall effect is to prepare you for the next sequel.