Creed (2015) Trailer

I was scrolling through Twitter and came across this tweet with a picture reading “Creed” in huge lettering, and I thought to myself “These cats still making music? They had like two good songs, man.” Then I remembered there was supposed to be a Rocky spin-off with that title. I snapped back to reality and got so hyped that the trailer was out for this movie!

Sun, I grew up watching the Rocky series, and Apollo was always my favorite character. I’m glad to see that in a sense his story continues on through his son, Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) who’s named after a another Greek mythological (demi) god-like figure. Adonis wants to be a fighter and has a natural talent for it, so he seeks out the retired Rocky and asks him to be his trainer. The formula for this story isn’t rocket science or even appearing complex but (if we can have damn near 8 Fast and Furious movies, we can have this) I am fucking with this heavy. The appeal for me is that Apollo and his trainer Duke (Tony Evers) take Rocky in after the loss of Mick and fucking give him the Million Dollar Man remodeling. The great reveal after everything was said and done was that Apollo wanted a private third match between friends to settle their tie. With Adonis seeking out Rocky, we now get to see the story come full circle as Rocky is the one to return the favor for his deceased friend by helping out his son. If we’re being honest, for those of us that wiped Rocky V and Tommy Gun from our memory, this is the fi…