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Even though everything is going so fast now, it's still hard to believe that the first Creed was as awesome as he was – surely the champion of all time movies that are better than they have no terrestrial right to be.
The idea that the Rocky franchise could make another return? Unlikely. That it comes back as a canonical drift about the son of Apollo Creed driven by Rocky Balboa in combat and the return of Stallone? Implausible. That the resulting film would not be simply well but one of the best entries in the series and this whole year? IMPOSSIBLE! And yet, we are now with Creed II not only resume the story again, but revisit the point where the original Rocky cycle is derailed in the caricatural nonsense of the mid-1980s; Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed opponent to his newcomer, Florian "Big Nasty" Munteanu, as the son of Ivan Drago in search of revenge.
And it's still good – really!
Now, okay, you should not trust the men of my generation to be rational thinkers when it comes to Rocky movies – there are a lot of things related in all this. I've never seen adult men, even "old" and grown-up, "mature," stand in a theater as reliable as the revelation in the middle of the trailer as the original Creed was Rocky is a continuation (not to mention the gasps that greeted the revelation of the name "DRAGO" as the final shot of the trailer of the sequel), but speaking as objectively as possible: Si Creed should not have worked because you had to find a way to do reverse engineering. ROCKY was at the origin of the rather clumsy thing ROCKY has become in order to follow up, Creed II really This should not work because we are trying to apply the same level of rebuilding left on wacky parts.
Let's not forget (or, if you're a young viewer who may only be aware of ROCKY IV by reputation); The incident that affects all of this slice of the franchise is the main enemy of Rocky become best friend, killed by super-Soviet supermodel super boxer Dolph Lundgren over-tested in the lab, that Rocky beats himself for revenge personal and national pride. Transforming Rocky Balboa and Philadelphia's deeply sentimental vision of the working class as evolving from cartoon characters to semi-realistic icons by associating them with more formally anchored Adonis and its adjacent aesthetic was one thing; but Ivan Drago and the mountain of baggage that accompanied him have never been always A pure unsupervised comic business – so putting it all together would become a challenge.
And to be certain: Creed II is do not as good as Creed – this would probably never be possible because it lacks both the general element of surprise and the presence of scriptwriter-director Ryan Coogler as a guide; turn things over to Steven Caple Jr., a new member of your family, and make it from a scenario by Stallone and Juel Taylor. And while the first film really sounded like a thunderclap, something quite fresh and different with a new millennium energy descended from, but not indebted to the Rocky inheritance, this one is much more definitely inscribed in the furrow of being part of this series as well as his own – and in some ways, that goes against his favor:
The exciting rush of hearing the Rocky the theme music is finally found at the right time at the first moment, the first time here gives way to variations on the theme of the replica … almost all the time, in any context, changing key and d & rsquo; # 39; instrumentation. More generally, it is more difficult not to notice a rigid adherence to the Rocky formula: you know that if Adonis will be in the right place, will face an unexpected challenge for which he is not prepared, will be shot by the exploitation of a weakness of character related to the personal insecurity and a major change in life, will withstand adversity in thoughtful rest followed by a very symbolic training montage and face his demons and nemesis in a decisive revenge. And yes, it's essentially the movie.
So, bad news: it's a bit predictable where the first was something else – it's not the return tour, it's the pop concert where they play the hits. The good news: it's their play really well. It is neither revolutionary nor revolutionary, but Creed II it's a pretty good boxing movie and, if you're from school who says that movies like this go up and down entirely from the Big Fight, it's probably a good movie because the third act of this movie is absolutely great. kill. The actors are all at the rendezvous, the narration through the action is brutal, clean and satisfying, and any of the two recognized screenwriters who propose the gimmick Adonis should have a special Oscar just for this note. .
On the interim front, Jordan and Stallone are both as good as before (Sly can of course do it in his sleep now and Jordan is becoming the best of his generation in terms of affecting a very special nuance of sensitivity and anger.) This time it's Tessa Thompson and, incredibly (or maybe not?) Dolph Lundgren as a former Drago back; with Munteanu, originally seemingly little more than an intimidating cipher but revealing real chops when it counts.
Thompson is, of course, one of the most ferocious talents of all time, and she strongly avoids the alluring attraction that so often hangs over the characters "suffering from love" in sports films to create a real space. But the still underused and impenetrable Lundgren turns out to be maybe the most interesting thing of the film because of its unpredictability: again, it's the only component "back" whose character was not always more than a one-dimensional cartoon, so it's always surprising to see where Draco really goes in what he really wants, how he feels, and how he relates to the other characters. His bow is legitimately convincing and the payoff is really good.
There have been a lot disappointments this year (hell, I'm not finished yet Indestructible 2 suck …) but I'm happy to report Creed II does not belong to it. I do not know how long they can continue to do this (given the trajectory of the old Rocky series, I hope that they know that it must be canceled before it fights like "Cyborg Clubber Lang" or "Rocky Clone" – but I'm here for that.
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