AVClub: There was no reason to think it would turn out this way. Extending the unkillable Rocky franchise into something like a Rocky universe by spinning off Apollo Creed’s previously unseen son into his own film (nine years after the series more or less put itself to bed with Rocky Balboa) sounds as cynical as any brand extension, and perhaps a last desperate step before the inevitable remake. But while Ryan Coogler’s Creed, starring Michael B. Jordan as the son of the Carl Weathers character from the first four Rocky movies, hits plenty of expected marks that identify it as a Rocky descendant, it’s perhaps the first such movie (including even the respectable Balboa) to feel more like a successor than an imitation.
Looking back at the history and legacy of Street Fighter: The Movie, 30 years after it was released in theaters.
Don’t sit on a throne of lies for day 11 of Romancemas.
This past year delivered blockbuster entertainment, but we have a few requests for 2025 if jolly ol’ Saint Nick obliges.
