not a rocky worthy film

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2019)

I have to be honest I was excited to see creed 2 in the theatre after seeing creed. That excitement disappeared quickly with in the first 20 min of the film. Literally I was watching bits and pieces of other rocky films pieced together to make this film. To the untrained eye or someone with no knowledge of the previous movies this movie could be seen as good, or even above average. But knowing these films in and out it was a unenjoyable ,poorly thought out film. Let me prove that point to you.
1. The backstory of Ivan dragon and his son is so strong yet it was barely used in the film. It was like having a shiny brand new bike, and getting glimpses of it, but never being able to ride it. (What a huge blunder).
2. Creeds mysteriously fine, and ready to fight similar (identical) in rocky 3. Obviously a rushed not thought out project. You had mr t. In his prime and wasted it in rocky 3. This film had the ultimate bad guy and literally wasted it.
3. It's not believable and I say this because it's a movie based on sports. Creed completely looses credit in the way he fights, mentally and physically. The film doesn't make sense rocky himself in his thinking follows the character well but no one else does. So I get that continuity in the characters mental thinking. But highly flawed because at some point you need to think about what is going to make this film more interesting. That was a huge mistake and let's face it action fans of Sylvester Stallone are not getting younger.
4. The passing of the tourch so to speak in this film was overdone, not needed in a self explanatory film, where the fighter couldn't win with out rocky how will he make it in the next film?probably already being shot. The film made money but it could have been a masterpiece tripling what it grossed. This was a blunder!
5. My final point is at points in this film the plot and storyline swayed to is this a rocky film to is this a creed film. As in (Sylvester Stallone is still clutching to relevance in the film) rocky is a big part of the film but entirely taking away from the plot. When you watch the film you will know wat I mean. Total missed opportunities, I could write a rocky film in a week film it and it would blow this film out of the water with that kind of money they had. And I am a huge fan of Sylvester Stallone so don't get it twisted.
The film has points of brilliance but too many missed opportunities. It was boring at times, and never made you want to cheer for creed to want to fight. That in it self was a blunder. Soft