Michael B. Jordan did a good job portraying a man haunted by a childhood living in foster homes, group homes, and juvenile detention centers. His father died while his mother was pregnant, and she too died when Adonis was very young. Phylicia Rashad played the widow of Apollo Creed, who tracked down Adonis and took him in. Sylvester Stallone played his other guardian Angel, who befriended him and guided him toward the path of being a professional boxer. Tessa Thompson was very convincing as Adonis' girlfriend, and their relationship seemed very real. From there, we go into the formula of nearly all the Rocky movies... training, and then the big match in the ring. The fight scenes were much more realistic than those we saw in the Rocky movies, where he would get punched in the face 200 times before rallying in the final round.
