CREED III Review

Since the Rocky franchise is my favorite film series, you know I had to do a review on the latest Creed sequel. Michael B. Jordan is back as the titular Adonis Creed, but this time without the help of Sylvester Stallone's iconic Rocky Balboa. So without the character that started it all, is Creed 3 able to stand on its own?

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[samysnes]

If the reconciliation scene hit you, please go and watch the deleted locker room scene from Creed 2. I think it's criminal to have cut it from the movie, it's such a powerful scene! So much is said with so few words.

[seranonable]

The stylistic elements like the cage falling, the audience disappearing, and creed's endearing rivalry/friendship with drago is very reminiscent of the boxing anime Hajime no Ippo (the absolute gold standard for sports anime, by the way)

[Jehdii]

That final fight crowd disappearing was where I felt MBJ's anime influence really came in, to make the two fighters the focus, zoning out any distractions from an audience and fighters point of view. I thought it was cool, but I don't think it'd work over and over for future movies.

[bulletproofman]

The reconciliation you're talking about James. There was a deleted scene from Creed 2 of Adonis and Viktor that we should have had that served that purpose! I hope you saw it! It's unfortunate it was not in the final cut!

[DrAndyShick]

I never quite understood the issue with Rocky not being in Creed 3 regardless of his issues with Winckler. Shortly before Creed 2 came out, Stallone released a video indicating that Creed 2 would probably be his last appearance as Rocky. So I had been ready for this for more than 4 years.

[happy_camper]

I really appreciated this review. You cover all the main pros and cons that I felt similarly about. It's such a shame that Sly has had difficulties with Winckler. It goes waaay back, and I don't get why it hasn't been settled by now. The franchise is his baby! It just hurts that it's turned out this way for him. I hope something can be worked out, and that he can be involved in the future again.

[corybye]

That scene at the end…they went back to having respect for each other and trying to be friends…basically seemed like that 12 round fight was just “brothers fighting”

[TheGlyrion]

There is a dialog between Creed and Drago at the end of Creed II but it is a deleted scene. Why they deleted it is beyond me...

[alfomar]

There's a moment on the movie that it was almost necessary to have some presence from Rocky. I knew Rocky would not show up, but I was expecting something like Adonis talking on the phone with him. Nothing too profound, just casually thanking rocky for calling on that moment.

[phillipsuarez]

I would love a series like that, a back story of Mickey!

[McRcFly]

James is at his best when talking from the heart about films and cinema.
It's the real James.

[hoosierflatty]

I need to check these out as I was just watching Rocky 3 and 4 this week. Thanks James.

[gtownmonarch]

The only thing about the movie I didn’t like was that Rocky Balboa wasn’t in the movie

[KingEgyptian]

My 2 biggest complaints

1. Not enough Victor Drago
2. Final fight felt underwhelming with too much visual metaphors.

[masterslasher]

A photo from Rocky 3 is hanging in the back in Adonis's Gym. It's rocky wearing the he's became a photo in the back 🤷🏽‍♂️

[BIGwillTHEGAME]

I feel the same way about Rocky not having a scene in the film.

[kanuni]

The happy end bothered me. Damian forgiving Adonis in a heartbeat after all he went through and the grief he had for nearly 2 decades was simply unbelievable.

[js.sunset]

One aspect of the Creed movies that is disappointing to me is the music. The Rocky score is iconic and is a huge part of the film series.

The new rap stuff is immediately dated and unappealing after the initial viewing.

[masutafuyu]

Last week I finally watched the 5/6 Rocky movies because I was curious thanks to that video you did where you went to the same mountain for the scene where he yelled

[larrymasif]

Totally felt the same James, I felt in Creed 3, is as if like rocky was just swept to the side entirely due to any struggle or payment disputes, I really hope that more gets spent wisely if theres to be more sequels.