Cheesy parts, but you have to love the Villains and Jordan

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2019)

A couple of reviewers say you root for Drago's kid in this one, and you sort of do root for them a bit, or at least, you understand their motivations. Their performances were great, and yeah, probably better than the heroes, but the heroes had terrible lines and a wobbly story arc. Creed's motivations are a bit more confusing, but Jordan reigns in the confusing script, comes across as relatable and makes this a fantastic film. Though I have to add, there is *NO WAY* Jordan is in Drago's son's weight class.
A lot of haters, but I loved this one, the script was a B-. Though really with a few tweaks could have been better, I am ashamed to admit as an avid movie fan I really loved the 80s style training montage(s). The movie manages to pull off a lot of emotional pull for those of us that used to like boxing before the modern era turned it all to trash.
The actors really did a great job, even Stallone, who made his career off of stealing the story of a guy who knocked down Mohammed Ali.
After watching this movie I figured out Jordan was the villain in Black Panther. Turns out he's better than the 'human torch', from whatever awful version of the fantastic 4 he was in, led us to believe. He's in my top 25 favorite actors now. They're even going to potentially have him play a young Morpheus in a Matrix prequel. I'm looking forward to it now.
If you liked the original Rocky movies, outside of the first Rocky, this is the third best one after Rocky and the original 'Creed'. I'd love to see Drago's character and his son make another appearance in a third version or a movie about just *their* characters and see Drago's son achieve some kind of success. They were really great and you actually see them as more three dimensional than most of people in Creed's corner.