I’ve watched every installment of the Rocky franchise, enjoyed everyone of them, though I somewhat believe that, apart from the original, all the sequels feel unnecessary and redundant, until Creed happened.
It’s just such an ingenious idea, putting Apollo’s son into the ring, pitting him against other one-dimensional and villainized boxers. Born with a silver spoon, and is trained by none other than the underdog Rocky Balboa himself. Sounds almost perfect. And the first Creed movie clearly worked.
But by the time I watched this second Creed movie, I had already forgotten everything that happened in the first one. And that’s the problem of this new franchise under the wing of Rocky, the story’s just too old and too forgettable.
There are some exciting boxing matches, sure, and some badass training montage as always. But that was it. Some flashy stuff with no real content. When it comes to character study, it never reached the same depth as the first Rocky movie, not to mention Raging Bull, which is a classic textbook case of how to make a boxing movie.
And despite all the 21-century feel, all the hip-hop, and all the African American faces, it was the same old Rocky formula, and it never broke free from Rocky’s shadow.
But Michael B. Jordan shined again. A brilliant actor of his time, with two Creed movies, The Wire, Fruitvale Station, Black Panther and more under his belt, he’s the true heavyweight champion of Hollywood.

奎迪:英雄再起Creed II(2018)

又名:奎迪2 / 王者之后:重拳复仇(港) / 金牌拳手:父仇(台) / 金牌拳手2 / 洛奇8 / 克里德2 / Creed 2 / Creed: Revenge

上映日期:2019-01-04(中国大陆) / 2018-11-21(美国)片长:130分钟

主演:迈克尔·B·乔丹 西尔维斯特·史泰龙 泰莎·汤普森 杜夫·龙 

导演:小斯蒂芬·卡普尔 编剧:乔·霍代里·库克 Cheo Hodari Coker/瑞恩·库格勒 Ryan Coogler/萨沙·潘 Sascha Penn/西尔维斯特·史泰龙 Sylvester Stallone/朱埃尔·泰勒 Juel Taylor

奎迪:英雄再起的影评

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