Creed 2 - Adonis to decide what he's fighting for.

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2018)

Character study.
Sequel but also a respectable standalone.
Adonis is at the height of his boxing career already being the heavyweight champion, he's to fight the son of the man who killed his father, the father he never knew as he wasn't born when he died. Consequently the stakes are instantly high.
The romantic chemistry between Adonis and his girlfriend is tangible, he proposes and soon becomes a father, and this puts his life into a new perspective.
Rocky is a father figure, he's naturally apprehensive of the fight between Adonis and Victor, this appears to be a dangerous prospect. Rocky is still the trainer, much older, wiser and looking vulnerable. Rocky is worried that Adonis is 'flying too close to the sun' this time.
Victor is a skyscraper of a man and a wrecking machine, Adonis is physically smaller but has lots of heart. As is generally the case in previous Rocky films, the plot revolves around making choices.
I'd have awarded a higher score if it didn't look so much like a remake of Rocky 4.