a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Creed was the film I was sceptical of for such a long time. I could have watched it thirty times over in the amount of time I spent building up to watch it. Then, I finally did. I thought at first it was going okay. I knew this wasn't going to be my favourite Rocky (related) film, but there was every chance it could be second or third. Course, there was every chance it could have been my least favourite and I ended up giving it a 5/10, but that didn't happen. Halfway through the film, say around the second Act, I remember slouching just a little. I liked what I was seeing but some things were missing. First of all, I still find it hard to watch Rocky on-screen as an old man. I'm just so used to and have always been used to watching the first five, when he was much younger, you know. Obviously there's a five year filmmaking jump between IV and V, but still. The end of the film approached and the credits appeared themselves. What I had just watched wasn't my favourite Rocky movie, but could have been the best-made/most well-made of the Rocky films. And if you're like me you'd say the other was the very first Rocky. The cinematography and fight choreography are fantastic and so is the directing and acting. Stallone does give a fantastic performance, co-star or not. It doesn't feel out of place that Stallone is the second main star of the film, cuz A: Jordan gives a great performance himself and B: even being cast as the movie's co-star, Rocky is in almost every part of the film. Like he isn't seen until around 10-15 minutes in, but still, he's there all the time and it's brilliant. The film's antagonist is decent enough, albeit nowhere near as memorable as the likes of, say, Ivan Drago or Clubber Lang. Or even Apollo Creed. They're just the greatest, you know. Although the two awesome things here are 1) It's so cool knowing it's actually the son of Apollo Creed who's the star, and 2) Well, the antagonist of the second film is Ivan Drago's son, and apparently Drago is in it himself.Some things irk me a lot. Why does Rocky gotta have cancer in the film? It makes me sad cuz I don't want anything to happen to him in the next film. He's one of the best movie characters of all time. And I don't like the fact that Creed loses. They made Rocky lose in the first Rocky, and in Rocky Balboa. I know he lost in Rocky III too but he later won. Why make Creed also lose? He should win in the first two and if they make a third one, let him go out as one who's been defeated but make it a great match. Solid movie either way. 9.5/10edit-07/03/2018: After watching it another time, it's definitely obtaining the 10/10 score, particularly thanks to its cinematography, fight choreography, dialogue, acting and direction. The more I see it, the more I like it, it seems. I also strongly believe this film showcases Michael B. Jordan's best performance. His return is definitely long-awaited. 10/10.

I loved the idea, I loved the story and I loved every single scene with Sylvester Stallone aka Rocky Balboa. It was nice. So why only 7 stars? The main character just doesn't have enough charisma to really entertain an audience until the end, especially when we all know how it will end anyways. That never bothered me watching Rocky. Who can be bored seeing the underdog fighting his way up? But here it didn't work that well. Maybe the whole setting was at fault too. Everything was hip and shiny, the girl was pretty and cute, the drama was a bit cheesy. I miss the 80s feel I guess. I miss the rawness. But you cannot bring that back, I know.

May contain plot spoilers if you haven't figured out the entire plot from the title and poster.Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) is the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed who died while mom was pregnant. He has climbed the corporate ladder but feels incomplete because he is not a boxer. Not being able to secure a trainer in LA, he travels to Philadelphia where a reluctant Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) trains him and he also gets a love interest (Tessa Thompson). At this point the plot becomes more inane as it simply repeats the first film with different characters, if fact I was expecting to hear, "Cut me Mick" it was so grossly similar. Oh wait. It was Light Heavyweight, so I guess it was different.I can't imagine this film catching on to a sequel, but then again I never imagined Hellraiser going into outer space either. I was disappointed primarily in the trite formula script. They even reused the sound track which was the best aspect of the film. I left the theater feeling, been there, done that, got the t-shirt several times over.Now having said that, the acting was great. The plot was fan fiction quality. 3 1/2 starsGuide: 1 quick F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Creed The choreography has definitely improved and the space and time has increased to allow the actors and the characters to sink in just to relive everything once more; the ring, the press conference, the training and even the chickens. Creed is executed like never any other Rocky franchise before but the material seems to be offered earlier too leading disappointment in the audience who came for the advanced version of it. Ryan Coogler's depiction of the Rocky through his eyes is interesting enough but his vision seemed too blurry or distracted to get a closer look at it. Sylvester Stallone after having played the same role seven times still breathes and looks out for the same old Rocky that we encountered in '76. Creed breaks out thin ice and walks boldly on new surface only to find out that it too was thin ice all along but having said that it never is dull to enter in that same old ring.