Creed—Tommy Avila

 

Creed-Tommy Avila

The movie creed is a 2015 spinoff in the rocky universe. The film was directed by Ryan Coogler and stars Sylvester Stallone as Rocky, Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed Johnson, and Tessa Thompson as Bianca. I didn’t get to watch the beginning of the movie but from what I understand In this movie Rocky has long been retired and decides to train Creed. Creed was adopted after his dad died and he bounced around from jail and foster homes. Apparently he quits his job after he is unhappy with how is life is. In my opinion Rocky seems to take over and act as not only a trainer but a father figure and Adonis rises up with the name Adonis Johnson. But after sports center gets an “anonymous tip” who is a man angry that Rocky won’t train his kid they reveal to the world Adonis Johnson is actually Adonis creed and everyone questions if him fighting Pretty Ricky Conan would ruin or tarnish the good reputation and legacy his father Apollo left behind. In the the last part of the movie they have a great fight and Creed proves he can fight amongst the best and earns the respect of everyone who watched including Ricky. There is also a subplot in this film in which Rocky has cancer and doesn’t want to get treatment but Creed makes a deal after some conflict that if he fights the cancer with treatment Creed would fight too and he agrees. Creed also has a love interest named Bianca who is slowly losing her hearing and is a deep thinking singer. Personally I didn’t think she contributed much to the film but she was still a good actress and part of Creeds motivation to keep fighting. Personally I liked Creed but I think there should have been more fights since he seemed to have fought in a gym once with an audience and the final fight which was an HBOBoxing fight. That is a huge jump and even with the name creed under your belt you shouldn’t get a push like that.