A feel-good story so good it even makes you feel for the Drago's.

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2018)

For the longest time I've been on the record saying that Rocky II was my favorite from the Rocky/Creed franchise, but after seeing this movie I might just have to put it a notch below Creed II. It was that good for me, and it's surprising because I was never the biggest fan of the first Creed. But, no it well exceeded my expectations. Everything to me is done far better in comparisons to the first Creed.
Most notably the villain. One of the reasons I look down so much on the first Creed was I thought Creed's opponent as a character was boring and by far the weakest of the franchise. So when I saw the trailer for Creed II and I saw that Ivan Drago's son was gonna be this movies antagonist I was excited. Thankfully I wasn't disappointed. Sure maybe he doesn't rank as high as some of Rocky's antagonists, but again in comparison to the first Creed he is far better. And just like Rocky in Rocky IV I didn't think he could win the fight or even stand toe-to-toe with Drago even though it's a movie and you know he will.
And I think that's just a testament to how good the fight scenes actually sound. When your watching you almost think your getting hit. As for the soundtrack in this movie again I say it's better than the first. A lot of the songs they picked just bang and depending where placed, for instance the training sequence really got me behind Adonis. Finally the last thing I'll say is I really loved the small things this movie did like bring back the characters of Rocky's son and Ivan Drago's wife now ex-wife played by their respective actors/actresses.
All this and more made for a very worthy addition to the Rocky franchise and as much as I'd love to see these characters some more. Maybe it's better off we end here unless they can come up with something fresh but I don't see it. Nonetheless you got my money.