Best of the sequels, rivals the original.

Rating: 7/10 (30 August 2019)

1979 sequel to the 1976 classic, apollo creed calls out rocky balboa for a rematch for the heavyweight championship of the world.
Sylvester stallone directs this time instead of john g avilsden ( karate kid) he manages to keep the tone of the first movie and in some ways surpasses the original in the entertainment department including longer training scenes, and a gruelling last half hour and longer fight sequences , its a bit plodding in parts and the narrative between the end of the original and the end of this is quite low key ,but apart from some dull scenes - stallone, meredith, shire , young and weathers reprise thier roles with aplomb which made the original such a classic .
best sequel of the franchise still ðŸ‘Œ