Good film but could have been great

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2018)

Its safe to say this story was inevitable once the character of Adonis Creed was conceived. At some point he was going to have come to terms with his father's death and the man who killed him as well, that meant revisiting the events of Rocky 4. The movie does not disappoint as far as have the entertaining elements of a Rocky or Creed movie. Any fan of the series should see it.
The only issue I had with this movie was how the character of Drago was written. I think humanizing him at the end by proving he really cared about his son when he threw in the towel in the second fight with Adonis was a nice touch in the story when Drago was more like a cyborg in Rocky 4. But in my view, it was done to late in the movie and felt sort of forced. Through most of the early stages of the movie Drago seemed mostly interested in revenge. In my view having him show his humanity a little at a time would have been a little more compelling and believable. The meeting with Rocky early could have been written better, and had Drago even expressed the slightest remorse for Apollo it would have made his humanization a little more complete.
Overall though, well worthwhile successor to Creed.