Fight for your family's legacy! The film starts with Creed claiming his title against a formerly fought boxer who previously spectacularly schooled Creed, which is a great showing of his development now. The film then goes on to propose a time skip and a rushed marriage. The entire plot and structure have Rocky inspirations written all over it, again. Yet the screenplay makes these forced narratives sensible as the dialogue's variety and consistency keep it true to the characters, either through Rocky's charming simple wise talk full of stupid jokes or the commitment discussions between the couple, or the intense conversations between past opponents. And bringing in past opponents and having the next generation avenge their family's legacy is a brilliant idea. The man Ivan Drago is still a very compelling yet interesting one-dimensional antagonist with a freakishly menacing aura, now pouring all the rage and toxicity into a worse clone of himself. Yet the film somewhat redeems itself by having some of the main characters get their arcs resolved and redeemed in a meaningful manner. Not to forget, the cinematography is once again up there along with a wide range of music and sound mixing. One of the best examples of that is the commentary running in the background all the while intense faceoffs are going on. And what a way to bring in the iconic theme during the gut-wrenching fight sequences. Overall, a great film with a meaningful closure to the past iconic characters.

Expected a lot more from Drago, maybe too hyped or Rocky overdose. Didn't focus enough on the boxing in my opinion. Logan BALBOA vs. Transgender Amara CREED when?

I don’t typically find myself liking sequels more than the first film, but this just felt so much more heartfelt. Like there was more meaning behind it.

I really want to like this movie as the 1st one is good. But, alas, it's quite generic. You know how it would be.

It followed the typical Rocky timeline. Knew exactly what I was getting myself into and got exactly that.