oh cmon,how many times are they gonna repeat the same story...boxer loses,boxer trains really hard,boxer wins...load of merde!

What worked: I love how Stallone is such a dogsh** actor in everything else and then just turns into such a colossus of gravitas in these films with the best monologues going around. The in fight cinematography cant be beat and theres a great cameo halfway through the film. Everything else was a hot mess attempting to make a point on toxic masculinity, panicking and being the equivalent of a Ben Cousins Say No To Drugs message. Character motivations across the board make no sense and the entire film takes over 2 hrs to make the same point that Marty McFly being called chicken in the first Back to the Future took ten minutes to illustrate. Soundtrack went from an epic identity creator in the first Creed to borderline parody featuring dramatic Boney M interlude, and unintentional Laurence of Arabia tribute. This is a pretty good banner holder for films that get their heroes and villains mixed up. Guy becomes a father to a disabled child and risks his life to fight because reasons. What a total piece of sh**. 3/10

This is a solid entry to the Rocky/Creed franchise. It doesn't quite live up to the first Creed but that's a huge hill to climb. It's still really good for what it is and that is a good, and somewhat predictable, boxing movie. Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson are great together. Stallone doesn't have as much to do as he did in the first Creed but he still does a fine job. It's always great to see more Dolph Lundgren and Florian Munteanu is just a beast.

Creed 2 has nothing new to offer, is predictable and really should have never existed.

I liked this movie more than I expected to. You know, there's been so many Rocky movies that you know for the most part whats going to happen. Loss/trial, training montage, success. And yet, despite that, the movies continue to be enjoyable. These Creed movies have really brought Rocky to our time. Legitimate losses, worries, sorrows, life changes, emotional baggage, it all comes together. This movie wasn't just about winning or training hard, it was about growing pains, about starting a family, about finding your place in the world. And thats what so great about this series. You feel it. Yes, its boxing. Yes, its predictable. But its also real, relatable emotion. And I will say, I loved how it ended. That the ending was more focused on learning to put family first than about winning. Well done!