Review of Creed (2015) by Emerson B — 23 Mar 2016

I liked it. A few things kept me from loving it. There are a few contrived moments, for example there is a scene where the protagonist's eye is so swollen and disfigured that it looked like he was a wax sculpture with a quarter of his face melted off, but the ref didn't stop the fight because Rocky helped him cheat the eye examination via a method of Warner Bros cartoon routine absurdity.

I also thought the training montage could have used an anthem. It had a pretty good rap song, but it needed an anthem.