My uncle was a boxer. In an old photo, there’s fire in his eyes as he faces his opponent. His fists are up, ready to knock him out. I don’t know if he won the fight after taking that photo, but the momentary feeling of victory- of living his destiny- might’ve been enough.
In director Ryan Coogler’s sophomore effort, "Creed," (and the seventh Rocky film in the franchise), emerging boxer Adonis Johnson Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, seeks out the famed Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) to train him, despite his adoptive mother’s (Phylicia Rashad) warnings. Adonis wants to prove himself as a fighter without evoking his father’s name, but it’s his…
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