A Fantastic Sequel that brings the emotion

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2018)

I am a huge fan of the Rocky franchise and loved the first Creed film that came out a few years ago, so I was very excited to watch Creed 2 and boy this film delivered. The premise of the film sees Adonis Creed riding a high when he is challenged by Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago the man who killed his father Apollo Creed. Michael B Jordan is back in the lead in this film and he does a brilliant job, his character has such a great journey throughout this film. He has to convey so many emotions during this film and make his character likeable which is tough at times but you end up really rooting for him in this film. Sylvestre Stallone is back as Rocky and he just loves this character, he gives everything into this role to make you care about him and his relationship with Adonis Creed and it is done really well in this film. But the heart of this film in my opinion is Tessa Thompson as Bianca her relationship with Jordon is the real heart of the film and really provided an emotional performance in the film. A huge positive of the film is the anatagonists of Ivan and Viktor Drago, Dolph Lundgren is back and their story in the film is heartbreaking and dealt with really well which provides an extra layer in this film. The story in the film deals with family and how is boxing truly important compared to it. It delas with the perosnal aspect of this fight and I felt it was handled so well that it had me totally rooting for Creed in the final fight. However, the one criticsim i have for this film is that it is very predictable, if you have seen a Rocky film you know exactly how this film is going to play out. The script is great with a really good mix of drama and humour which suprisingly does work in this film. The style of the film is very grand, with amazing boxing scenes that sucked me into the atmosphere of the fight and the story very well. Overall this is a fantastic film that is one of the best films I have seen in recent memory and really deserves a watch.