CREED

Is that Rocky at the ropes ? Is the boxer was in flames in fanta4tic ?

PreReview
I heard that this film is very good. Some even say that Sly Stallone should forget acting in action films and concentrate on acting because he is very good in this one.

REVIEWED
The movie is long at 2hrs 10mins for its genre as such at times it felt draggy. But its ok with good acting and anticipating what will happen. The first fight using only 1 camera was effective. This also means that the fight was real with no takes and no play acting. Slyvester has his greatness moments in some of the scenes. As I can remember he is no more like the Rocky he was in the younger days. Noticeable that his lips is not as slanted in this one as he was. Maybe in real life he finally got it done or old age got caught up with that. But he faced something that at first he just gave up then with the motivation of Creed he will fight it. But one thing that surprise me was how younger SS looks when he first appeared on screen. I remember in Rocky Balboa he really looked old and worn out. Perhaps in real life steroid has the best of him. But towards the end, Rocky really looks old because of his condition (no spoiler)

You cannot group this movie with other Rocky movies from Rocky 2 onwards. Its more towards Rocky the original movie where drama is the first priority fight is second.

I cant compare this with Southpaw either because its that slow at times like the Director dont mind that it wont be remembered with the boxing scenes.

Anyway, it is a good movie with no unnecessary over acting. Perhaps they could be follow ups for this one but whether Rocky will be in them is a question.