Greed 2

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2019)

Here's how dumb this movie is:
Tessa Thompson asks Donnie if he took a s**t (reference to first Greed), but that happened before the fight with Leo. He then went on to fight Conlon and he's had six fights since fighting Conlon...why is she asking this now? Obviously as an in-joke but you see it makes no sense as a joke but it does forewarn you of similar nonsense to come...
Ivan Drago got his comeuppance in Rocky IV. Yet here he is again still the bad guy. No change. No growth, even though we saw him change during Rocky IV as he fought to think for himself. Greed 2 just forgets that and has him repeat his mistakes and beats on him all over again via his hard-working son.
Adonis is a boy. A temper tantrum child. He can do nothing without Rocky holding his hand and when Rocky does refuse to hold his hand he throws his toys out of the pram.
Apollo had two legitimate children seen in Rocky 2. Where the hell are they in all this? Adonis didn't even know his dad so what's his beef with the Drago's? Why does Drago want to bear Adonis so bad? He already killed his father. It would have made for a more interesting story had Drago come to apologize to Adonis for what he did to Apollo and it would have showed some depth of character but oh no, he had to be the bad guy.
Rocky keeps spouting these 'profound' speeches whenever he opens his mouth. It's like he swallowed a book of profound sayings. I don't recall Mickey talking like this. Only in Rocky 5 (the worst of the series at the time) did he start talking like Buddha. It's like Rocky wants to be profound and deep. Do you remember Rocky 1 ever being profound and deep? Through action yes but never through their mouths.
The fights lacked any energy. Even cheering from the crowd seemed lack lustre. There was no excitement. No anticipation. The score was totally forgettable.
It is what it says it is: Greed 2. A cash grab, nothing more.