Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Creed (2015) between Rocky and Dolph Lundgren's Drago squaring off in Rocky IV (1985)
Creed is an outstanding boxing movie, yet I hold it in even higher regard due to how it improved one of my favorite Rocky movies: Rocky IV. When Creed was announced, I was as skeptical as many others were. Given the mix of good and bad Rocky movies over the years, yet another franchise reboot did not overly excite audiences.
Related Why Sylvester Stallone Removed Rocky 4's Robot From The Director's Cut Sylvester Stallone has removed the Happy Birthday Paulie robot from Director's Cut of Rocky IV and it's caused waves with his original creator. Not only does this exploration of legacy in Creed massively benefit Rocky IV , but so too does Creed II 's Ivan Drago return...
2 I will admit that, despite my love for Creed, the concept of Creed II worried me. Bringing back the Dragos could easily have gone wrong, yet Creed II nailed it. The depiction of Viktor being pushed into his father's fight in order to regain the love from his absent mother immediately humanized him, while Ivan Drago's feeling of failure after his defeat to Rocky was exceptionally handled.
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