And we ended the year with a punch in the stomach or uppercut , as you prefer as boxing talk. Boxing and Stallone, of course. And Creed, the one opponent that Rocky faced in Volume II of the most famous boxing franchise that cinema has ever seen. We do not talk properly of Creed, Apollo Creed, the one they called the ‘Master of Disaster’, played by Carl Weathers in the version of 1979, but of his illegitimate son, advocated by Michael B. Jordan (the Human Torch of the new Fantastic Four ), which will ask the retired Rocky to be your mentor in a new clash of titans.
So it feeds the continuation of the saga of Rocky Balboa (always Sylvester Stallone, which this time does not do), this time directed by Ryan Coogler, after well received Fruitvale Station – The Last Stop , recovering Michael B. Jordan in shape for the role of son of Apollo. The result is a nice attempt to regain the franchise Rocky , but without getting rid of the inevitable clichés like that.
E what are these clichés? Of course, hardly the movies that focus on made of boxing can not get around the actual fighting of Muhammad “The Greatest” Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman in the early 70s, certainly inspiring moments for films like Rocky in 1976, Oscar winner for Best Picture and seeding the beginning of a long saga. We would then Raging Bull , Scorsese in 1980, Here in 2001, and even Southpaw later this year.
Challenge attitudes and provocation in the always fiery press conferences …
And cliché are even those times when the hero leaves beating almost to tire the opponent, eventually topple him in the final minutes as it did with Ali Foreman, at 74; we have the challenge of attitudes and provocation always inflamed in previous press conferences to combat, but also mutual respect. But of course, they are difficult to circumvent times with the coach, the way a underdog excels on a more powerful candidate as well as the feminine element force that supports and strengthens the fighter.
In this aspect, the long series of Rocky know if patronize all these elements. As is the case today with Creed – Rocky Legacy , that little or nothing new seems to add to the genre. And one realizes that Ryan Coogler feel like doing avenge the side more indie in your theater, although here with an eye wink at much higher flight.
A narrative to get well, showing us a restless and troubled Adonis Creed, used to solve the problems with his fists in the various rehabilitation institutions for passing. Until it’s rescued by her stepmother, Apollo father’s ex-wife who receives it in his mansion. We’ll see you later, as a successful financial technocrat who decides to change his job by a boxer’s career. And is the most formidable opponent of the father figure of a mentor desired, perhaps as a way to exorcise the past of the parent with whom they lived. In this aspect it is still curious scene where Adonis faces the image of the father in a youtube clip showing the decisive fight between Rocky and Apollo.
the use and abuse of cliches make it part of your DNA …
By the way is well Stallone your secondary and inconspicuous place in the retired boxer now manager of his restaurant after the death of his wife Adrian and his friend Paulie. Eventually accept train Adonis ‘the old way’, causing it to catch chickens as a way to give you flexibility and temper the young gallant made of the fighting in Tijuana, although it realizes that the young man will feel less prepared for higher flights. The inevitable feminine element appears in hiphop artist figure in his neighborhood, Bianca (Tessa Thompson) responsible for his emotional balance.
When the Creed name is associated with the Rocky quickly rises to the challenge of an opponent fearful, the British hooligan Ricky Conlan (the pugilsta Tony Bellew). This having been diagnosed with a severe disease Rocky. Then we will have no combat, no willpower, but two. And it qui that the ultimate cliché, father shorts the serving amulet to fight a life
There is, Creed. – The Rocky Legacy brings nothing again, despite numerous favorable reviews it has received. This does not mean that does not please the enthusiasts of this particular type of action, because the choreography nothing discredits the best that has been done and even Michael B. Jordan does not have to work hard to pass as boxer. But does not leave us KO
Verdict
Nothing is set in Creed. – The Rocky Legacy has the desired freshness and the use and abuse of cliches make it part of your DNA. Does not mean it’s a bad boxing movie. It is even quite competent and just right at it. Yes, let us not KO, to give enough fight.
It’s a bit as if it were 2015 the new decade of 1970. After the acclaimed return of “Star Wars,” a new chapter that reminded him of the first trilogy movies, started in 1977 by George Lucas, Ryan Coogler, a filmmaker born ten years after the debut of the first “Rocky “wants to take us back to 1976, the year of the creation of the legendary boxer from Philadelphia. “Creed”, the movie in which this young Californian director Sylvester Stallone returns in the role of Rocky, the debut December 31, 2016 and arrive before this year-end sure to look perfect. A post-christmas gift for anyone who thought he would never see it, and that does not come alone. It is that Stallone, who first appears as Rocky in a film that does not have its name in the title and that was not written by him, returned in force. 
