Decent movie. Adonis and his wife having a baby, separate family dramas with all 3 protagonists.. Rocky, Drago, and Creed. In the first fight, Creed nearly gets killed. Then, Rocky agrees to train him and they go to a weird desert place where all the determined boxers in the universe dwell... they pound sledge hammers, go toe to toe in a spare tire, use a head brace to lift weights..... okay all of this stuff is useless and probably counter productive to getting in shape for a fight... but so what? There's a scary guy full of tats to legitimize it all. Then, we go to Moscow for the rematch like in Rocky IV. But the fight sequences are so much better and more realistic than Rocky vs Daddy Drago. In that movie, Rocky actually got punched in the face 200 times! Creed 2 boxing was very well choreographed. Still, Creed almost got killed and made a miraculous resurrection from being stone cold knocked out. The unintentional takeaway from the movie..... Adonis Creed is a stuck up jerk with a perpetual attitude, and a spoiled brat, with his wife, mother, and Rocky doting on him. Viktor Drago is much more likeable.. he seems very humble and has to contend with a very mean and demanding father, and an aloof and cold mother. Plus Adonis Creed often reminds of Napoleon Dynamite..same facial expressions, mannerisms.
