In a press interview during training, he also insists that Rocky "cannot last five minutes in the ring with a superior athlete like me! With Rocky, Duke, and Paulie in his corner, Apollo is overly confident that he can dispense of Drago with ease. Even though he has lost, he gains his respect from the crowd back since it feels that he fought and lost in a fair fight.

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Among its accolades, it was selected by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2015, while Stallone won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. At first, Mickey refuses, worried about Rocky's health, but changes his mind after Apollo publicly insults Rocky on television. An estimated 800 school children were used as extras in the scene in which Rocky runs through Philadelphia [5] and climbs the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 2022, Screen Rant listed Apollo as the second greatest villain in the Rocky and Creed films, only behind Ivan Drago. Upon reviewing the local boxers in Philadelphia, Creed is drawn to a club fighter named Rocky Balboa, because Balboa is Italian and has a catchy nickname, "The Italian Stallion".A sequel, Creed III, directed by Jordan in his directorial debut, [80] was released on March 3, 2023. His diagnosis and the fact that his best friend and brother-in-law Paulie Pennino–Adrian's brother–has now died along with Apollo, and his old trainer, Mickey Goldmill, consign him to accept his eventual death, without treatment. When Donnie recovers, he and Rocky reconcile and Rocky agrees to train him for a rematch against Viktor, to be held in Russia.

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He referred to a generational gap between the time when he wrote Rocky and the time when a film such as Creed would be making its appearance on the silver screen. During the third round, Lang is weakened from wasting all his strong punches on Rocky and is knocked out. Orquiola furthers that Creed respected Rocky and "was steadfastly on Team Rocky while Clubber hated them both. Highlighted by a pre-match rendition of " Living in America" by James Brown, Apollo enters the arena from a descending scaffold overhead, dancing to the music in his old red, white, and blue Uncle Sam outfit. Going into the fifteenth and final round, Creed is well ahead on points and only needs to stay away from Balboa to win the fight by decision.Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film "has a waxy feeling, and it never comes to life the way its predecessor did. On January 8, 2015, Phylicia Rashad reportedly joined the film to play Mary Anne Creed, Apollo's widow. Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote that the film "slavishly repeats the plot of Rocky, achieving differentiation only in dubious forms: soap opera detours, delaying tactics and an ugly new mood of viciousness surrounding a rematch between the boxers.

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It finished in the top three highest-grossing films of 1979, in both the North American market and worldwide. out of 10, saying, " Creed is a mirror of Rocky's story and we have all been watching that unfold on the big screen for decades. Viktor is disqualified for hitting Adonis while he is down, allowing Adonis to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

The film opens with the ending of its predecessor, Rocky, with Apollo Creed ( Carl Weathers) successfully defending his world heavyweight title courtesy of a split decision. In the final round, Rocky switches back to his natural stance and, in dramatic fashion, unleashes a series of counter punches on Creed. It is revealed in Creed that Apollo had a relationship with ano Frustrated by the thought of all his potential challengers being too scared to fight him and unwilling to waste the time, effort and money he's already invested in the fight, Creed comes up with a "novelty" that will generate huge publicity: he will offer an unknown local fighter an opportunity to battle for the title in a match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.