With the release of Creed III comes with it the beginning of this crazy month of movie releases, ha a "March madness" if you will.
Creed III sees Adonis Creed now retired and the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world. His daughter grown, and his wife having a successful music career. Everything seems to be looking up for Adonis, but his past mistakes soon proves to be his toughest opponent.
Let's get the obvious out of the way first, Johnathan Majors is a power house. The man is a force of nature, he knows how to play an intimidating foe as well as how to get under the skin. My only issue with his character Damian is I couldn't really be sympathetic of his plight. It was his choices that got him where he was and he chose to become the man he did. Irregardless he stands toe to toe with Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed and proves to be quite the antagonist.
The story this time around is much stronger, and better told than Creed II which is why I ultimately decided to drop Creed II to a seven out ten and three out five. The intimate family moments that Adonis had with his wife and child were sweet and joyful. I believe all this is due to Michael B. Jordan's direction as well as to the story being done by Ryan Coogler.
I did miss Sylvester Stallone as Rocky there were multiple scenes I believe could've been made better with his presence. I kept hoping for a surprise cameo in the end but unfortunately he was not in the film.
The final fight was great but I personally did not really care for the affect Jordan went with in the middle of the fight. It sorta took me out of the reality of the moment. Granted it was a pretty cool affect but I personally could have done without it.
All in all this was stronger than Creed II and a fantastic start to Michael B. Jordan's directorial career. I look forward to see what he does next, perhaps a Creed IV if he has some good ideas for the future of this franchise.
IMDb: 8/10 Letterboxd: 4/5
Watched in Theaters.
Creed III sees Adonis Creed now retired and the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world. His daughter grown, and his wife having a successful music career. Everything seems to be looking up for Adonis, but his past mistakes soon proves to be his toughest opponent.
Let's get the obvious out of the way first, Johnathan Majors is a power house. The man is a force of nature, he knows how to play an intimidating foe as well as how to get under the skin. My only issue with his character Damian is I couldn't really be sympathetic of his plight. It was his choices that got him where he was and he chose to become the man he did. Irregardless he stands toe to toe with Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed and proves to be quite the antagonist.
The story this time around is much stronger, and better told than Creed II which is why I ultimately decided to drop Creed II to a seven out ten and three out five. The intimate family moments that Adonis had with his wife and child were sweet and joyful. I believe all this is due to Michael B. Jordan's direction as well as to the story being done by Ryan Coogler.
I did miss Sylvester Stallone as Rocky there were multiple scenes I believe could've been made better with his presence. I kept hoping for a surprise cameo in the end but unfortunately he was not in the film.
The final fight was great but I personally did not really care for the affect Jordan went with in the middle of the fight. It sorta took me out of the reality of the moment. Granted it was a pretty cool affect but I personally could have done without it.
All in all this was stronger than Creed II and a fantastic start to Michael B. Jordan's directorial career. I look forward to see what he does next, perhaps a Creed IV if he has some good ideas for the future of this franchise.
IMDb: 8/10 Letterboxd: 4/5
Watched in Theaters.