Thursday, March 16, 2023

Creed III: Great Direction and Great Fighting

Michael Bakari Jordan's directorial debut of Creed III. Photo courtesy of MGM Studios.



Creed III was able to stand strong on its own as Adonis Creed forges his own legacy. Michael B. Jordan did a great job directing and acting, and it felt great to see him confront his past away from being Apollo Creed's son and figuring out what it truly means to have a family. Jonathan Major's character of Damian was much better than him as Kang the Conqueror a month prior. Tessa Thompson as Bianca had some fiery beats in the soundtrack and was a good black homage to Adrian from the past Rocky films and proved to be a proud black mom on her own. 

It didn't feel good to see more struggles of being a black person in rough parts of South Central Los Angeles, but I guess the idea was to show that outside the boxing ring, the struggle to make it big in the world is still real, black or not. Either way, it showed a more in-depth look at Adonis Creed away from the usual boxing franchise, and it did an empowering way to show it. I wish the cast and crew well and I hope it brings out the best fighters in the audience. #creediii

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