This movie could have been so much more

Rating: 4/10 (23 March 2019)

This movie had so much potential. SO.MUCH.POTENTIAL!
They could've developed the story between Adonis Creed and his trainer. After all they were both the sons of Apollo and Duke. What did Duke teach his son? How long had Duke's son known Adonis? Where they brought up together? Did Duke even train Adonis during his youth? Or did Duke try to shy him away from the boxing scene due to his guilt over watching his dad die? Were Dukes son (adonis trainer) there when Apollo died? Was that the reason why he in the beginning was reluctant to train Adonis (because he had promised his father to never let his son walk down the same path).
They could've developed the story between Adonis - his wife & daughter. What did it mean for them to have a baby with a hearing disorder? That coud affect his psyche right? Can we draw some pararells with Rocky here? I mean in Rocky III , Rocky went from being a street thug to this polished guy but deep down inside - he was afraid (because he had so much to lose). Werent Adonis afraid in the same way?
And dont even get me started regarding the Rocky-Drago relationship. We got nothing.

All we got from this movie was "a little bit of this and a little bit of that". We got bits and pieces from everywhere. It was like the directors were more intrested in "covering all bases" than ACTUALLY DEVELOPING A DEPTH!
Where's the depth? Where's the backbone!?!