Executing the formula of a hero's comeback almost perfectly

Rating: 8/10 (5 December 2018)

For once, it kinda reminds you of the 80's US vs Russia/Soviet theme that runs in so many Hollywood movies back then where the ever brutal, spartan-like ideology of the USSR comes face-to-face against the compassionate heroism of USA, but as the story goes the deeper, we'll find out that the even the challenging main antagonist has his own background that humanizes the supposed-to-be-monster character. This is what the new movie of the Rocky-verse has where the old one almost don't: the more we dig deep down the monster's history, the more we sympathize, and the more we realize that the antagonist is actually the dark-side of the protagonist had he put in the same circumstance.
On top of that, scores and the original soundtracks resonates really well with the culture this movie and it's prequel represent, just like Michael B. Jordan's other movie, Black Panther. The training scene is as moving as the ones in the previous Rocky movies, to the point that it almost makes me think that Jordan (as Adonis Creed) wasn't even acting since he is a real-life boxer.
In my most humble opinion, the movie would've been perfect if, before meeting Drago's son, Adonis fought his way back to the top of his performance by beating much and much small fries (compared to the real monster, Viktor Drago), and the same goes both way for Viktor, emphasizing the mirror effect on each other's character. and one more thing: the ending, like any other tournament movies, the ring boxing (and everything that's happening on it) should've been the last place the camera shot before switching to the end credits, instead of a graveyard (oops, Spoiler Alert!!).