Creed Page #4

Synopsis: Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born. However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and asks the retired champ to be his trainer. Rocky sees much of Apollo in Adonis, and agrees to mentor him, even as he battles an opponent deadlier than any in the ring. With Rocky's help, Adonis soon gets a title shot, but whether he has the true heart of a fighter remains to be seen.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 46 wins & 61 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
PG-13
Year:
2015
133 min
$81,157,671
Website
20,926 Views


ADONIS (CONT’D)

Kev, you gonna be first up?

KEV:

Look at your eye, cuz. Looks like

somebody beat me to it.

The room guffaws... Adonis doesn’t.

ADONIS:

So it should be easy for you

right?? I’ll put my money where my

mouth is.

Adonis bends down and clumsily grabs a rubber banded stack of

money. He places it in his mouth, biting down on it like a

mouthpiece.

Kev shakes his head at this, bites down on his mouthpiece,

and slides into the ring. The two fighters circle each other:

Kev’s stance high and tight- Adonis’ low, flamboyant, and

taunting.

Kev swings a right jab, but Adonis easily evades it. Kev

swings again, Adonis leans back drops his guard, and starts

to rock side to side. Frustrated, Kev takes two more swings,

and Adonis parries one, ducks the other and comes hard with a

right cross to Kev’s chin. Kev’s jaw rattles and he hits the

floor in a heap, face down, unconscious.

Adonis spits the money out and it lands on Kev’s back.

ADONIS (CONT’D)

C’mon! Who next, huh? Which one of

ya'll want it with the rich kid.

You pick em Duke! You pick which

one!

MAN’S VOICE

I’m next.

Adonis turns to see DANNY WHEELER (who we recognize from HBO)

standing in the crowd outside the ring. A hush falls over the

gym as Wheeler stares Adonis down with silent confidence.

Danny steps into the ring, and straps up his gloves, while

Adonis bends down and puts his mouthpiece in. Adonis reaches

out to touch gloves with Wheeler, who knocks them away and

moves in quick.

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Ryan Coogler

Ryan Kyle Coogler is an American film director and screenwriter. His first feature film, Fruitvale Station, won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. more…

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