When a movie can be made into a sequel, it means that the first movie is very profitable; when it is made into a trilogy, it means that it has been successfully IP; when it reaches the seventh part, it has a large group of fans, if you add the 40-year history , that's all about emotion. The Rocky series is all about feelings, including Creed.
Throughout this series, each one continues the same routine. A boxer suffers setbacks, strengthens his beliefs, trains hard, and defeats his opponent. But this formula is effective, both passionate and inspirational, and it has been tried and tested. Even when Uncle Shi was too old to move, he could continue to shoot after putting on a little fresh meat. Every time you only need to add some new seasonings, old bottles of new wine, really fragrant!
This time, Creed 2 introduces an old foe and adds a line of revenge. The introduction of this revenge line has greatly increased the complexity of the plot and the depth of characterization, and has become the highlight of the entire film.
Lundgren played the Ukrainian boxer drago who killed the boxer Apollo (Creedy's father) in "Rocky 4", and was later defeated by Rocky. His life was also in the shadows because of this defeat, and his boxing career failed to turn over. Decades later, he came back with his son, and he was facing Apollo's son, Rocky's disciple.
The role of drago in "Rocky 4" is a silly, big and black (actually not black, he is a silly and rough, creed is a black and rough), expressionless, inhuman boxing robot. Its role is enriched a lot in "Creed 2". He is a father, a coach, a boxer who has been frustrated for many years and has been unwilling. All his hopes are placed on his son, that he can beat Creed, to prove that he can defeat Rocky, and to win back the dignity and honor that he lost in front of his country, bureaucracy and ex-wife. Of course, as a 'villain' ending can be imagined. There are a few scenes in the film that really impressed me.
1. A meeting with Rocky in a restaurant; a meeting with an old rival for decades, an old enemy, with few lines but meaningful
2. Dinner with the ex-wife; the ex-wife who left their father and son because of the defeat decades ago reunited at the dinner table with mixed emotions in their eyes
3. Throwing a white towel to stop the game; Rocky did not throw a white towel to surrender when Apollo and Drago fought, but this time, when Drago saw his son being knocked down by Creed again and again in the ring, as a father, he Throwing out the white towel...
However, there is a clip on YouTube that I find most exciting. After the game, Creed met Drago's son in the locker room and the two sat side by side. Drago walked in at this time, Rocky and he also happened to meet, the two looked at each other, and remained silent for a few seconds. The grudges and hatreds of the two generations seem to have suddenly become less important. It's a pity that this clip was deleted in the feature film, otherwise "Creed 2" might be able to try Oscar?
Except for the drago father and son, the rest of the characters basically maintained the level of the previous one. The role of Uncle Shi's life mentor has been upgraded, and it has been successfully upgraded to a voice-over, babbling max. Michael B Jordan also continued the positioning of black meat, and is still the main player in muscle shows such as running, punching sandbags, and moving tires.
It's a pity that drago's son is portrayed superficially as an opponent character, as if everyone owes him 200w, and there are not two complete lines in the whole film...
It is said that "Credi 2" box office is good, it seems that it should continue to shoot. After the rise of my friend's son and the play of the old rival's son, I don't know where the third part will go. But no matter how the plot is made up, the era of Rocky is probably over.
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