Michael B. Jordan has been appearing in blockbuster and highly acclaimed films since 2001. It takes a special kind of talent to have the physical ability to lead a sports franchise and the quiet introspection to play in serious dramas, but Jordan pulls it off. Jordan used early dramatic film roles to launch himself as one of the preeminent franchise stars in Hollywood. His success has been partly thanks to his partnership with another young star, Ryan Coogler, who has directed Jordan in several films, including the 2025 horror film Sinners.
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Jordan’s most critically acclaimed movies have seen him playing protagonists and antagonists, equally impressive on both sides of the fence. His parts, even when they’re more minuscule, have always been exciting and surprising to watch. He manages to be both off-putting in his self-confidence and sympathetic simultaneously. It’s a common theme in Jordan’s films to root for his characters, even if he is working against the protagonist. Jordan has a significant number of critically acclaimed films and even the lesser ones are still worth a watch.
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Fantastic Four (2015)
Johnny Storm/Human Torch
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Fantastic Four
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
4.3/10
Release Date
August 5, 2015
Runtime
100 minutes
Director
Josh Trank
Writers
Josh Trank, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Jeremy Slater, Simon Kinberg
Producers
Gregory Goodman, Hutch Parker, Matthew Vaughn, Robert Kulzer
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Miles Teller
Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
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Johnny Storm / The Human Torch
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Fantasitc Four was a property that Fox struggled to develop, with three movies of varying levels of success, but all mostly derided by critics and fans alike. It was the 2015 version that finally caused Fox to give up on Marvel’s First Family and allow the rights to revert to Marvel and Disney. However, there are things about Fantastic Four to like, and one of those is Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, The Human Torch. While some fans hated the race switch, Jordan brought the charisma that Johnny exhibits in the comics.
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The first half of Fantastic Four was a much better movie than many people remember. The family dynamic of the four and the lead-in to the big second half provided solid drama, some great action, and pretty good acting by everyone involved. It wasn’t until the team went into another dimension to fight a mutated Doctor Doom that the film lost its footing and fell apart. However, Fantastic Four was at least a good superhero movie for half its running time and Jordan was a highlight.
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Red Tails (2012)
Maurice Wilson
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Red Tails
pg-13
War
Action
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8/10
Release Date
January 20, 2012
Runtime
125minutes
Director
George Lucas
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George Lucas
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Cuba Gooding Jr
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Red Tails was a 2012 war movie about a group of Black United States Army Air Force servicemen during World War II. The film is based on real individuals, but all the names were changed and the characters are mostly fictional recreations of the men who served at this time. The cast was impressive, with Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., and David Oyelowo in the lead roles. Michael B. Jordan had a smaller role in the movie as Flight Officer Maurice “Bumps” Wilson.
Produced by George Lucas (but directed by Anthony Hemingway), Red Tails won Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards.
Wilson was one of the aviators who took on missions during World War II for the United States. Produced by George Lucas (but directed by Anthony Hemingway), Red Tails won Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards. It was a special role for Jordan, who said, “As a black male in Hollywood, you only get so many scripts where you get to portray and glorify our history” (via Daily Beast).
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Hardball (2001)
Jamal
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Hardball
PG-13
Drama
Release Date
September 14, 2001
Runtime
106 minutes
Director
Brian Robbins
Writers
John Gatins
Producers
Erwin Stoff, Herb Gains, Kevin McCormick, Michael Tollin
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Diane Lane
Elizabeth Wilkes
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Keanu Reeves
Conor O’Neill
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Michael B. Jordan
Jamal
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D.B. Sweeney
Matt Hyland
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Starring Keanu Reeves, Hardball follows a down-on-his-luck gambler who has to coach an inner-city baseball team in order to cover his debts. Although he has more of a supporting role, Jordan’s debut in Hardball still stood out as it gave the world a glimpse of his acting skills. Similar to his character on The Wire, Jordan’s Jamal is an innocent kid who gets unwillingly dragged into a life of crime after he is kicked off the team.
While the film is similar to other sports dramas of the early 2000s, this one resonated deeply as it was full of heartbreaking moments (such as G-Baby’s death). Critics gave the movie mixed reviews when it came out, mostly praising the touching moments that occur throughout the running time, but also complaining that it is mostly just like any other sports movie that came out around the same time.
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Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
Guy Montag
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Fahrenheit 451
TV-14
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Release Date
May 19, 2018
Runtime
101 Minutes
Director
Ramin Bahrani
Writers
Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi
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Michael B. Jordan
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Sofia Boutella
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Lilly SIngh
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Fahrenheit 451 seemed like a perfect movie for Michael B. Jordan to take the lead in. Released in 2018, it is based on the groundbreaking novel by Ray Bradbury about a dystopian society where the government burns books, which are deemed illegal in that society. During that time in American history, this was something people feared could happen in the future, and the fear is back once again today.
However, there was a problem with the movie. It was deemed too simplistic of a retelling.
The film tells the story in its simplest form, with all books other than “simplified” versions of the Bible (with problematic scripture removed) and a few other basic classics (Moby DIck) are deemed illegal because they cause people to learn things and have independent thinking. Jordan plays one of the firemen who burn the books, but he starts to change his beliefs when he meets a woman who forces him to challenge his orders. While it received lackluster reviews, it did pick up five Primetime Emmy nominations.
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A Journal For Jordan (2021)
Charles King
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A Journal for Jordan
PG-13
Drama
Release Date
December 25, 2021
Director
Denzel Washington
Writers
Dana Canedy, John Burnham Schwartz, Virgil Williams
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Michael B. Jordan
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Tamara Tunie
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Robert Wisdom
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In A Journal for Jordan, Michael B. Jordan works with Denzel Washington for the first time in his career. The film follows the true story of 1st Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Jordan), who writes a journal for his newborn son before being killed in action in Iraq. It’s a heavy plot filled with some moving sequences thanks to Jordan’s confident portrayal. The film is occasionally over-sentimentalized, but the cast and characters of A Journal for Jordan are realistic enough to still make some of the emotional scenes moving.
Jordan received praise for his performance and the film picked up three NAACP Image Award nominations.
An awkward plot structure does not help the messiness of the movie, however, and it earned a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, most of the complaints went toward Washington’s direction and the oversentimental aspects of the story, often driving it to melodrama. Despite that, though, Jordan received praise for his performance and the film picked up three NAACP Image Award nominations, including Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing.
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Without Remorse (2021)
John Kelly
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Action
Adventure
Crime
6/10
Release Date
April 30, 2021
Runtime
109minutes
Director
Stefano Sollima
Writers
Taylor Sheridan, Will Staples
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Joining the Tom Clancy cinematic universe (and the Amazon Original Movie space), Michael B. Jordan starred in Without Remorse, a 2021 action-thriller. In it, Jordan plays John Kelly, a Special Ops agent for the CIA who has appeared in Clancy novels and films in the past. In this outing, John takes revenge on Russian hitmen who killed his wife and child. Like many Tom Clancy films, Without Remorse, follows a fairly standard storyline for the series and is generic at worst.
However, Jordan draws on his experience from Creed and Black Panther, putting to use every ounce of fighting knowledge he’s accumulated in the preceding years. This is one of Clancy’s best novels and is based in the Jack Ryan universe, as John Kelly appeared in previous Ryan movies and books (although usually by a white actor). Despite the change, this gave Jordan a nice chance to take the lead in an action movie, and he was praised once again for his performance, even if the overall film was a bit generic.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Erik Killmonger
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Superhero
8/10
49
7.6/10
Release Date
November 11, 2022
Runtime
162 minutes
Director
Ryan Coogler
Writers
Joe Robert Cole, Ryan Coogler
Producers
Barry H. Waldman, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso
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Letitia Wright
Shuri
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Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Namor
Prequel(s)
Black Panther
Franchise(s)
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had a lot of expectations heaped upon it when it was announced. After the tragic passing away of the franchise’s star, Chadwick Boseman, there was no clear direction where the sequel could go. Coogler ended up creating a film that was able to introduce a new antihero, Namor, and his kingdom, Talokan, while also paying respect to the character T’Challa and Boseman himself.
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Jordan reprises his role as Killmonger for a brief cameo when Shuri travels to the Ancestral Plane. He easily slips back into the arrogant and righteous villain, and, as he did in the past, Jordan manages to make the character’s anger seem justified. The film was a touching goodbye to T’Challa (and Boseman) and also a passing of the torch to Shuri, who took over for her brother as the new Black Panther. It was important for Killmonger to be there, and his cameo was a highlight.
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Chronicle (2012)
Steve Montgomery
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PG-13
Drama
Documentary
Sci-Fi
Thriller
8/10
9.5/10
Release Date
February 1, 2012
Runtime
84 minutes
Director
Josh Trank
Writers
Max Landis, Josh Trank
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Michael Kelly
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Anna Wood
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Paranormal Activity reignited the found footage genre in 2007, but interest was beginning to wane in popularity around 2012, the same time The Avengers were signaling the avalanche of coming superhero films. Josh Trank’s Chronicle was released at the perfect crossroads. Chronicle follows a trio of high schoolers who gain superpowers after stumbling across a glowing meteor. Steve Montgomery (Michael B. Jordan) is the jock of the group and the one who takes the most joy out of their newfound powers.
Each of the characters views their abilities differently, and Jordan perfectly portrays a teenager who suddenly can pull off all the pranks he ever wanted to. Josh Trank delivered one of the best original superhero movies of the new century, one not based on a prior property and one that lives in the found-footage realm. It was so impressive that Trank got a chance to direct Fantastic Four, which saw him bring back Jordan to join that franchise, although to a much more disappointing return.
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Creed II (2018)
Adonis Creed
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Creed II
PG-13
Sport
Action
Documentary
Drama
7/10
8.8/10
Release Date
November 21, 2018
Runtime
2h 10m
Director
Steven Caple Jr.
Writers
Cheo Hodari Coker, Ryan Coogler, Sylvester Stallone
Prequel(s)
Creed
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Michael B. Jordan
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Tessa Thompson
Sequel(s)
Creed III
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The popularity of the Rocky franchise meant there would always be another Creed story after the original. Creed II even improves Rocky IV, the film it draws on, and continues the critical and commercial success of the Donnie Creed character. In Creed II, Donnie squares off against Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu), Ivan Drago’s son. It’s a bigger affair than the first film considering Ivan killed Donnie’s father in a fight and the film, thankfully, never loses sight of that central conflict within the fighter.
Jordan, as always, is spectacular in the boxing sequences and gives Donnie the swagger and vulnerability necessary for the character. This was also a great rehabilitation movie for the character of Ivan Drago, while his appearance allowed Adonis to finally get past the death of his father, and for Rocky Balboa to finally put that moment to rest for good. Seeing Drago back in the Rocky universe was always a treat, and Jordan was able to once again rise above the talent surrounding him.
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Creed III (2022)
Adonis Creed
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Creed III
PG-13
Action
Drama
Sports
7/10
9.1/10
Release Date
March 3, 2023
Runtime
117 Minutes
Director
Michael B. Jordan
Writers
Zach Baylin, Keenan Coogler
Prequel(s)
Creed II, Creed
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Michael B. Jordan
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Jonathan Majors
Franchise(s)
Rocky, Creed
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The third Michael B. Jordan Creed movie is already one of his most impressive, with Jordan’s return to the role of Adonis Creed in Creed III. Though the first movie in the franchise without Rocky Balboa, as Sylvester Stallone declined to return, Creed III shows there is a bright future for the franchise, especially with Jordan making an impressive directorial debut.
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The movie is also elevated by a personal conflict at its center with a figure from Adonis’ past (Jonathan Majors) looking to take everything from him. The characters and personal stakes make it another excellent entry in the franchise, with the epic showdown between Jordan and Majors as the highlight. The movie had the star power of both Jordan and Majors, and the two men brilliantly played off each other to create what might go down as the best (if not most personal) Creed movie to date.
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Just Mercy (2019)
Bryan Stevenson
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Just Mercy
PG-13
Drama
7/10
Release Date
January 10, 2020
Runtime
136 minutes
Director
Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers
Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton
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After several action roles, Jordan pivoted to a more dramatic character in 2019’s acclaimed legal drama Just Mercy. Jordan plays Bryan Stevenson in Just Mercy, a true-life defense attorney who worked to defend poor people on death row in the American South. Jamie Foxx plays Walter McMillian, a prisoner wrongfully convicted of murder. Foxx was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his performance, and the film was well-liked by critics, garnering an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Instead of the smiling, splashy Jordan from earlier films, this role sees Jordan receding into quiet contemplation necessary for the dramatic and upsetting story to be told accurately and plainly. It was a good chance for Jordan to show that, despite his overwhelming charisma and star talent, he can still do quiet and contemplative and this might be the best movie he has ever worked in where he can just sit back and tell a story without needing to be a movie star.
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Sinners (2025)
Smoke / Stack
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Sinners
R
Horror
9/10
9.7/10
Release Date
April 18, 2025
Runtime
138 Minutes
Director
Ryan Coogler
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Ryan Coogler
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Michael B. Jordan
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Hailee Steinfeld
Mary
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In 2025, Michael B. Jordan re-teamed with director Ryan Coogler for a horror movie that might be their masterpiece together. The film is called Sinners, and while it plays like a Southern Gothic horror tale, it is actually a vampire flick but it is so much more. Jordan plays Smoke and Stack, twin brothers who return home to get their lives together after they get into a little too much trouble away from home. However, what they find when they get back home is an evil greater than anything they have ever known.
Critics’ early reviews dubbed Sinners a masterpiece.
Jordan plays two different characters here, and while they are brothers, they are also very different and distinctive characters, giving him a chance to really show off his immense talent. This is also a movie with a deeper message, as the vampires are trying to gentrify the town, and there are strong racial undertones to the actions, something that has played strongly in vampire fiction for a little while now. Critics’ early reviews dubbed Sinners a masterpiece.
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Black Panther (2018)
Erik Killmonger
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Black Panther
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
8/10
37
8.6/10
Release Date
February 16, 2018
Runtime
135 minutes
Director
Ryan Coogler
Writers
Joe Robert Cole, Ryan Coogler
Producers
Jeffrey Chernov, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso
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Chadwick Boseman
T’Challa / Black Panther
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Michael B. Jordan
Erik Killmonger
Sequel(s)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Franchise(s)
Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Black Panther is one of the most celebrated films in the densely packed Marvel Cinematic Universe, both critically and commercially. It earned over $1.3 billion at the box office and was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, the first for a Marvel film. Black Panther is considered one of the best superhero films of the 2010s, and it proved that serious, real-world issues can be dealt with in films with super-powered characters.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always had a “villain problem,” but Jordan’s Erik “Killmonger” Stevens is the high watermark for Marvel villains. Killmonger is as formidable as T’Challa and has a swashbuckling charm that separates him from the more stoic character Boseman portrays. Killmonger is the violent and hyper-confident version of Black Panther, but it’s how he plays the character’s righteousness in his anger convincingly that helps to make Killmonger one of the best villains in the MCU.
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Fruitvale Station (2013)
Oscar Grant
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Fruitvale Station
Unrated
Drama
Release Date
July 12, 2013
Runtime
85 Minutes
Director
Ryan Coogler
Writers
Ryan Coogler
Producers
Forest Whitaker, Octavia Spencer, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Michael Y. Chow, John Kwok
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Michael B. Jordan
Sophina
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Octavia Spencer
Oscar Grant
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Wanda
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Coogler’s directorial feature debut is based on the tragic true story of Oscar Grant. Fruitvale Station takes place over one day and follows Oscar (Jordan) and the events leading to his wrongful death by the San Francisco Bay Area Transit Police. It’s a dramatic film that steadily cranks up the tension with the mundanity of the events Oscar goes through. However, the audience knows how the story ends, and it makes the final murder that much more tragic and the events leading to it that much more poignant.
Fruitvale Station proved to be a hit with critics, earning 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Many of them praised Jordan’s sympathetic character and Coogler’s direction. Jordan embodies the character and plays him with a kindness and strength that make this a significant moment in the actor’s career. Not only is it his first serious movie with him as the lead (which he handles respectfully and responsibly), but it is also a role full of emotion and lets the audience see what he is capable of.
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Creed (2015)
Adonis Creed
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Creed
PG-13
Drama
Documentary
8/10
9.3/10
Release Date
November 25, 2015
Runtime
2h 13m
Director
Ryan Coogler
Writers
Aaron Covington, Ryan Coogler
Sequel(s)
Creed II, Creed III
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Michael B. Jordan
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The Rocky franchise has had its ups and downs, but Ryan Coogler’s spin-off, Creed, brings back the quality it had been reaching for. Creed follows the life of Apollo Creed’s son. Hoping to make as great an impression on the world as his father did, the movie sees Rocky Balboa teaching Adonis “Donnie” Johnson to box. Jordan, Coogler, and Stallone breathe new air into the moving and heroic sports drama. The film has a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Stallone was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 88th Academy Awards and won the Golden Globes that year.
Jordan’s Adonis is a tough but inspiring figure who is just as well-written a character as Rocky. It’s a demanding role, as Michael B. Jordan endures multiple, long boxing scenes that are as fun to watch as some real bouts. Adonis is his own character while still retaining the underdog quality that made Rocky and his fights film icons. This respect for the source material is never more clear than how Coogler teases the Rocky theme throughout the film until the final fight when Creed gets up before he’s counted out.
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