Review of Creed II (2018) by Keshia%20 L — 24 Nov 2018

A sports movie sequel done right, "Creed II" takes everything that worked so well in "Creed" and augments it to a satisfying degree without entering the realms of silliness that some of the other "Rocky" films unfortunately wandered into.

The stakes, the circumstances, the character arcs, the time span -- all of it is heightened, making for a fantastically enthralling and invigorating movie-going experience. And with a really nuanced look into the lives and motivations of the antagonistic forces at hand in the film, it all ultimately shapes out to being more than just your average "good-fighter-versus-evil-fighter" slugfest.

This is a much needed, crowd-pleasing effort with some terrific performances, an epic feel, and a commanding mainstream directorial debut from one Steven Caple Jr. Color this opinion unpopular, but I might just like this one more than the first.