I must break you again.

Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2019)

Creed II stars Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, and Dolph Lundgren. After the events of Creed II, Adonis Creed faces off against Ivan Drago the son of Viktor Drago. Ivan challenges him to a fight and Adonis accepts so he can honor his father's legacy. I have never seen Rocky IV, but I do know that Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone were in it and I like how they decided to reunite these to characters on the big screen. When I watch this I kept asking myself do I need to watch Rocky IV to understand what's happening? And the answer is no I don't because I don't need to know about the events of Rocky IV so I can get a better understanding of when I'm watching Creed II and its not confusing either. The cast is brilliant as they all have excellent chemistry and character development especially by Michael B Jordan as he takes us on his journey from being cocky in Creed. And then in Creed II we see him go from cocky and ignorant, to being broken, and then finally he rises from the ashes. The pacing bothered me at first because when we got to the fight between Adonis and Ivan I thought that the movie was over, but then I looked at my watch and realized that there was another hour left of the film. It annoyed me, but I feel that's what the writers and the directors were given us is because they wanted to show Adonis' life crumble and rise again, but its directed and edited that I forgot about the pacing. I have to give credit to the soundtrack because after hearing that it makes me want to download the soundtrack so I can go the gym. Overall, this is worth seeing it in the theatres, especially if you're a Rocky fan so you can get a wave of nostalgia as you watch Sylvester and Dolph reunite.