Creed III

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.

Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut earns broad approval for its kinetic fight sequences and the charged dynamic between Jordan and Jonathan Majors, whose simmering menace gives the film much of its energy. Critics were more divided on whether the screenplay fully earns the emotional weight it reaches for, with some finding the narrative logic shakier than the style that surrounds it.