Creed II

2018 Directed by Steven Caple Jr.

There's More to Lose than a Title

Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.

Michael B. Jordan Sylvester Stallone Dolph Lundgren Florian Munteanu Tessa Thompson Wood Harris Phylicia Rashād Andre Ward Brigitte Nielsen Milo Ventimiglia Russell Hornsby Robbie Johns Jacob 'Stitch' Duran Patrice Harris Ana Gerena Christopher Mann Robert Douglas Benjamin Vaynshelboym Angelina Shipilina Pavel Vakunov Oleg Ivanov Pete Postiglione Billy Vargus Zack Beyer Chrisdine King Johanna Tolentino Eleni Delopoulos Marcia Myers Ivo Nandi Show All…

Alternative Titles

Creed 2, רוקי 8: קריד 2, Rocky 8: Creed 2, Rocky VIII: Creed II, Rocky 8 - Creed 2

drama

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Review by karen h. ★★½ 6

i think about the fact that dolph lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering constantly
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★½ 2

would like to claim that like four years ago while setting up my account here i had some kind of female intuition that some really great rocky sequels would soon be released and that’s why i picked this username but really i was just very into rocky the musical and now you all know my dark secret
Review by matt lynch ★★★ 4

Sacrifices almost all of Coogler's emotional intelligence and nuance for, well, a pretty generic ROCKY sequel with Adonis' arc one of masculine pride restored. In fact it's the Dragos who have the more succinct and novel underdog story (honestly I was sort of rooting for them, and anyway it's great to see Dolph in a dramatic role, no matter how small). The performances are so convincing that it's still relatively effective by the end but the last thing this movie should've been is merely acceptable.
Review by Patrick Willems ★★★½ 1

The fight scenes got the crowd of middle schoolers in my theater to actually pay attention, cheer, gasp, and applaud, so I'd say the movie is pretty effective.
Review by Matt Singer ★★★½ 2

Shoulda called it CRIED II cause that’s what I did at the end thank you try the veal tip your waitstaff.
Full review at ScreenCrush.
Review by Jay ★★★½ 3

Creed 3: Adonis fights Ksi and the Paul brothers
Review by TJ ★★★★ 3

Tessa Thompson wears a blazer and a beret to a boxing match and it's the biggest flex of BDE I've ever witnessed.
Review by Houston Coley ★★★★ 4

“What’s a light if it doesn’t even light?”
It’s not as directionally brilliant as the first film, but this is still a very worthy and natural continuation, and everything about it feels earned. My theater totally loved it - there was cheering all throughout the last act. As has been the case with most Rocky movies, the boxing is just a backdrop to the human drama and relationships, and Tessa Thompson, Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone just kill it every time. Uh, kill it in a good way. There’s probably a little too much down-time in the middle of the film where Adonis’s character is constantly casting self-pity and doubt, but it’s acted so well that it’s hard to…
Review by nyloraced ✨ ★★★★

To preface this, the first installment of Creed was an absolutely beautiful film that blew me away in all regards. It cemented Ryan Coogler as one of my favorite up and coming directors that wasn't just a one hit wonder with Fruitvale Station. It also got me excited to see anything else Michael B Jordan would star in in the future. It had so much heart, intensity, atmosphere, and anything else positive about it. It was easily one of the best movies of 2015.
So the sequel had a lot to live up to. And without Coogler directing, I was pretty nervous.
Luckily, it did pretty well. I do think it wasn't as strong of a film as its predecessor.…
Review by Jak-Luke Sharp ★★★★★ 13

MGM + Warner Bros. Cinema
2.39:1
Color
Codex
12A
”He's just a man be more a man than him”
Steven Caple Jr’s Creed II is nothing short of the equivalent of gold dust. It is, in essence, a perfect sequel. Honouring that of the house that built it with compelling charges in echoes of emotional contusion while building its own path with its exceptional and exquisite tools at hand I.e the truly outstanding character acrs and resulting performances from Thompson, Jordan and the delightfully stoic animosity of Lundgren that bleed poignant heart and colossal atmosphere in a highly successful implication in the ideals of fate and destiny wrapped in a prism of echoed time.
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Review by Justin Peterson ★★★½

Adonis Creed and his mentor Rocky Balboa face their toughest obstacle yet, when the son of the man who killed Creed's father Apollo challenges Adonis for the title.
"I wanna rewrite history ... Don't pretend this is about your father!"
'Rocky 4' was the perfect blend of a cheesy but awesome sports montage/boxing flick. It was my first Rocky movie and remains my favorite in the series, due in large part to my fascination with Soviet/Cold War history. Now 33 years later I was blown away when I found out they would be following up the awesome revival of the Rocky franchise 'Creed', with a sequel that ties perfectly into the story line of Apollo Creed's legacy.
While Creed 2…
Review by anya

almost like shakespeare

Recent reviews

Review by Benjamin Mouland ★★★½

I should do more pushups
Review by Bjorn Pearson ★★★½ 1

That’s enough Russians for one day (unless it’s Kirill Kaprizov).
Review by Mike Donnells ★★

Still nothing about the music genius that Creed. So disappointed.
Review by ZenoMJ ★★★★★

This film does a great job of allowing you to understand both sides of the coin, and I really felt bad for Viktor because of everything he goes through. Ludwig also kills it again with the score, and the fights in this one were simply amazing. The fights in Creed (2015) were good but these were something else. Although story wise Creed is more original, the formula used for this one is still a great formula.
Review by AgustinFC9 ★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Las escenas de preparacion y pelea contra Drago son fantasticas, emotivo final con la despedida de Rocky, gracias por tantas alegrias Semental Italiano ahora le llego el momento a Adonis (?)
Review by Giácomo Tasso ★★★★½

Assim como o primeiro Creed, tem muita alma aqui.
Você consegue sentir e entender cada personagem, seja de qual lado for.
Os filmes de Creed conseguem encontrar a dinâmica perfeita da fórmula Rocky.
Review by macey dempsey ★★★½

the idea of creed and drago fighting each other was built up so much that the film flopped. i enjoyed but was disappointed because so much more could've been done with the storyline they had
Review by treena ★★★★

me getting emotionally involved with boxer movies??? who the fuck even am i. but yes i’m sat here weeping anyway. friendly reminder i would for for tessa thompson.
Review by Facul0 ★★★★

La dirección y edición durante las peleas me rompieron las costillas y desfiguraron la cara
Review by Bob McQueen ★★★½

Still an enjoyable movie but I'd definitely rate it higher if it wasn't so dang long!
Review by Michael Boyle ★★★★

Something Good: A "villain" with a very sympathetic story. One with a compelling reason to win.
Something Bad: Beat by beat predictability, never a moment of uncertainty as to where the plot was taking us.
Something Surprising: Manages to respect and continue to develop the characters despite being a big spectacle of a movie.
Something Disappointing: Unwillingness to take chances and break away from the larger franchise.
Review by montseestrada ★★★★

Yo creo que mejor que la primera, michael b jordan qp x2 🤯