TBD | Adonis Creed is forced to confront his past when an old friend gets out of prison. Directed by Michael B. Jordan Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, and Tessa Thompson Review by Jon Kissel |
After eight movies, a franchise synonymous with Sylvester Stallone is fully taken over by Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed. Creed 3 puts Jordan in the director’s chair and jettisons Stallone’s Great White Hope Rocky for a film that has one white speaking role. Thoroughly Black and completely Jordan’s, Creed 3 has minimal connection to anything that came before it, rooting the film’s conflict within the past of a protagonist who no longer has to share any narrative momentum with Rocky. The result is one of the best films in the franchise and another major achievement on Jordan’s remarkable resume. Creed 3 demonstrates how rich this world can continue to be without the Italian Stallion, providing Jordan with a blockbuster outlet that should sustain him for as long as Rocky sustained Stallone.
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