Squeezes the Rocky Story Dry...finally...?

Rating: 5/10 (23 October 2019)

(Flash Review)
This is a little like two dads taking out their boxing career baggage with their son and mentee. Here's the boxer's baggage: Adonis Creed, son of fallen Apollo, ascends to heavyweight champ as the movies opens and soon after Viktor Drago, the son of the boxer who killed Apollo yet lost to Rocky, lobbies for a chance to fight Apollo's son 'Creed II' to make amends for the embarrassing loss his father took. Adonis also wants to fight Viktor to get revenge for his father's death. Let the boxing testosterone and blood flow! Who will emerge with their pride? Much of the story is Adonis maturing and his relationship with Rocky as well as Drago and his son's relationship. Overall, this MILKS the drama out of the large udder of an ultra-familiar plot. The boxing felt less believable conceptually and artistically as I could see the punches yet seeing or feeling the impact. Nothing surprising here yet was well-produced.