Creed
Creed

Creed

2015Movie133 minEnglish

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

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IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic82
Google Users93%
Director: Ryan CooglerGenres: Drama, Sport

Plot Summary

Adonis Johnson, son of the late boxing champion Apollo Creed, seeks out Rocky Balboa to train him for a professional boxing career. Despite his initial reluctance, Rocky agrees to mentor the determined young fighter. As Adonis navigates the challenges of the boxing world and his own identity, he must prove himself in the ring while forging a bond with his aging trainer.

Critical Reception

Creed was met with widespread critical acclaim, praised for its compelling performances, particularly from Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, its fresh take on the Rocky franchise, and its masterful direction by Ryan Coogler. The film was also a commercial success, resonating with both long-time fans and new audiences.

What Reviewers Say

  • A surprisingly powerful and fresh spin-off that revitalizes the Rocky legacy.
  • Michael B. Jordan delivers a star-making performance as Adonis Creed.
  • The film masterfully balances gritty boxing action with heartfelt drama and character development.

Google audience: Audiences overwhelmingly loved Creed, praising its emotional depth, exciting fight sequences, and the strong performances of its cast. Many felt it was a worthy successor to the original Rocky films while standing on its own merits.

Awards & Accolades

Sylvester Stallone received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film also received numerous nominations from critics' circles and other award bodies.

Fun Fact

Director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan developed a strong working relationship on Creed, which led them to collaborate again on Marvel's 'Black Panther'.

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Admiral Toad

Admiral Toad

Creed was a good introduction to a new generation of Rocky movies. Michael B Jordan is great choice to carry on the legacy.
Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

I wasn't expecting this movie to be that good. I was blown away by this movie. Way better then all the rocky movies combined. Just the way they play the history of the movie was awesome.
Nathan

Nathan

Creed hits all the best notes of the original Rocky, while also being able to step out from its shadow to deliver a nearly perfect film. From start to finish, this movie had me invested. It was a brilliant choice to make Apollo Creed’s s...
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwin...

So Creeds kid as a good job and boxes on the side for reasons... and wins. But he doesn't want to do underground boxing, he wasn't to make it big like his dad, because he's the bestest of the bestest. And there is a LITTLE struggle he...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Cleverly deducing that he wasn't really fit for the ring himself anymore, Sylvester Stallone engages the services of Ryan Coogler and the hunky Michael B. Jordan to develop this competent spin-off series from his "Rocky" franchise. The youn...
The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

**Creed celebrates all the Rocky films that came before while establishing a fresh new direction for the franchise.** After decades of Rocky movies, with recent entries leading us all to believe the franchise's best days were behind us, ...
mfProg

mfProg

Так себе. Местами пафос просто прет наружу - даже противно смотреть. Сюжет вытянет из пальца, особенно не понравилось наличие больных в фильме: девушка музыкант, теряющая слух и рокки у которого находят рак. Если бы не фильмы про рокки, то ...
Reno

Reno

> CREED is the new ROCKY. Honestly, I was looking for the 7th film in the 'Rocky' series, so this spinoff was totally unexpected. But it is the right thing since the Rocky Balboa is getting old. Besides, in this reboot era, keeping franc...
rahuliam

rahuliam

one of best boxing movie i ever watched...it's a spin off to the original rocky series....Michael B. Jordan is perfect in his role...it's maybe one of the Sylvester Stallone's best performance till the date...the boxing scenes are really go...