Creed – 7

No boxing-movie-cliche goes unturned in this Rocky sequel, but the film is so genial and so devoid of any pretense of originality that you really don’t hold that against it. Stallone, especially, is so subdued – an actor with nothing to prove, probably more invested in his producing – that he’s good company onscreen. Michael B. Jordan has the heavier acting load, and although his talent is undeniable he’s rather unrealistic as a light-heavyweight championship contender. The climactic 12-rounder contains more action than a dozen of Floyd Mayweather’s title fights combined, but doesn’t seem quite so brutal now that I’ve been exposed to clips of Ultimate Fighting.

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