In the early 2010s just as his promising film career was beginning to take off, an unexpected family crisis found writer-director Ryan Coogler’s dreams drifting to thoughts of a childhood cinematic hero, and an exciting way to continue his story while starting a new one. The result is a film both Nick and Scott agree to be the greatest legacy sequel of all time, it’s 2015’s CREED.

Adonis Johnson Creed wears his name uneasily. One half belongs to the mother he lost as a child, and the other to the father he never even knew. Desperate to settle his demons and prove his own worth to the world and himself, Adonis travels to the city of Philadelphia seeking tutelage from his father’s greatest adversary and most unlikely friend: Rocky Balboa.

This week’s emotional FRANCHISOGRAPHY digs deep into a modern classic that’s only getting better with age.”

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