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RSS FeedsCreed 2 Review: Rocky Sequel Comfort Food
(GameSpot PC News)

 
 

16 november 2018 20:47:58

 
Creed 2 Review: Rocky Sequel Comfort Food
(GameSpot PC News)
 


From the opening scenes, you know exactly where Creed II is headed. Creed II is to the original Creed what Rocky II was to the movie that started it all: Adonis Creed starts out on top of the world, which means he has nowhere to go but down. He`ll hit rock bottom, linger there for a while, then drag himself back up for a triumphant return. That`s the basic outline of Creed II. It`s intimately familiar, and it`s so well executed that you won`t mind the story`s inevitability.That isn`t to say there are no surprises. The story of Michael B. Jordan`s Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed, parallels that of his predecessors, but it`s not a simple cut and paste. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has his own arc in this film, while Bianca (the incredibly talented Tessa Thompson) really comes into her own as a character. Maybe most surprising of all is the journey of Ivan Drago, returning villain from Rocky IV, played once again by the great Dolph Lundgren.Like the original Creed, Creed II is about legacy. Adonis can`t escape the past, and he has the extra burden of carrying Rocky`s legacy in addition to his own father`s. Back in 1985, in Rocky IV, Rocky defeated Ivan Drago after Drago killed Apollo Creed in the ring. Now Drago, disgraced for decades in his home country, returns with a son who`s been training his whole life for this moment. They throw down the gauntlet in Philadelphia, and Adonis has no choice but to accept.At least, that`s how he sees it. But Creed II moves past the simple theme of legacy when Rocky asks Adonis, `Why do you need to fight this fight?` Why does Adonis accept that his father`s and his mentor`s problems are now his problems? What does he actually want?As in the last movie, Jordan brings a huge amount of depth to the character. It wouldn`t be a Rocky movie without some training montages, and Creed II has some really creative ones. More importantly, Jordan absolutely sells how hard the character pushes himself. And Adonis doesn`t take defeat lig ...


 
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