*SPOILERS* Way more than a replica of Rocky 4

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2019)

This film pays lots of respect to previous rocky films and some might say its an exact copy. But its more than that.
The first the thing the film does that stands out a lot to me is how much Adonis resembles his fathers' persona, for instance, in the final fight between creed and drago, in the last break before the last round, Rocky states "you like the pain, you know why? Because you're dangerous!" Just as his father said in the Second installment of the Rocky franchise back in '79 when duke says "this man is dangerous" and Apollo replies with "I'm dangerous!". Also when Rocky visited his son at the end, was so satisfying, its almost what we as the fans needed, to know that Rocky still has his legacy or his arc even in a film about Adonis Creed. I also felt that this film resembled Rocky III by a long shot given the fact that Rocky did not want Adonis to fight drago for his own good, just as Micky did the same to Rocky in Rocky III, and also the fact that they got their rematch after realizing that they didn't have to fight for anybody but for themselves.
However, out of all the special things in this film, there is ONE in particular that I have yet to mention and that is the arc of the Dragos. Its exactly what made this movie perfect, what made it better than Rocky 4, because at the end you realize Adonis is not the only person fighting for something in this film, its Viktor as well. After the fight, Viktor cries in disappointment because he did not win, and what makes the dragos more empathetic is that Viktor was fighting to gain his own father's respect and/or love. Throughout the film, Viktor has this determination to win because he is also mad at the people that left his father, such as his wife and loss of respect from his own country because Ivan didn't win back in '85. And the single line that choked me up after Ivan consults Viktor is that he said "It's okay" which proves that Ivan loved his son the whole time, and also the fact that he was the only person who still cared for him, as Ludmilla left as she saw Creed begin to hold the upper hand in the fight and how the audience switches sides when previously cheering for Drago in the beginning.
This film both paid respect to the Rocky franchise and continued Adonis' legacy.