PG-13 | 1h 56m | Sports, Action, Drama | March 3, 2023 “Creed III,” the ninth Rocky movie, falls both very far from the original Rocky tree, and simultaneously, right under it. Far, in the sense that Rocky himself—Sylvester Stallone, creator of the Rocky universe—is nowhere to be seen.
And far also because “Creed III” reverses the dominant premise of “Rocky,” where the main protagonist (Rocky) was a barely-scraping-by, washed-up underdog heavyweight boxer with a lot of heart. Here, Adonis Creed (son of Apollo Creed, the boxing champion who gave Rocky a title shot in the original) is retired, wealthy, and has become the one dispensing underdog opportunities….