A good movie about beeing a good person

Rating: 8/10 (1 February 2019)

The Rocky movies have created some great cinema about life. Rocky I, II, Balboa and Creed I all succeeded in making deeply-human portrayals of real and relatable people.
Creed II did it again. This time the boxing, even though probably best executed and filmed ever in a Rocky movie, isn't even all that important. Make no mistake, the big training scenes are in line with the classics and you feel the bodyshots landing, but suprisingly it's just the background of the story.
The real punch of the film lies in it's showing of what life is all about. Doing your best, loving and caring and be there for your family. With a special emphasis on fatherhood. In a very subtile and non-preachy way. A feat in these SWJ-times.
The relationships between Rocky and Adonis, between Adonis and his daughter and between the Drago's are all key in this movie and carry the emotional weight of the film. In a classy way it's a conservative tribute to family love.
It's not the best Rocky movie of all time, but it is a realy good one, and for beeing number so much, that's an impressive stunt. More than worth it's ticket price.