

There’s something about playing Rocky as an old man that brings out such effectively subtle choices in Stallone. Here, Stallone once again inhabits Rocky with the finely tuned actor skills we often forget he has.

“Creed” followed suit, leaving the nest of its parent franchise while simultaneously paying tribute with a beautifully written role for Stallone’s Rocky. In that film, Donnie Creed wrestles with his legacy before emerging from the shadow of his famous father to forge his own path. In a way, this destination seems wholly appropriate, for the first “Creed” was a lovely meditation on how the sins of the father will be visited upon by the sons.
