{"id":39858,"date":"2023-05-24T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T23:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39858"},"modified":"2023-05-24T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T23:51:23","slug":"creed-iii-2023-blu-ray-dvd-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/24\/creed-iii-2023-blu-ray-dvd-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Creed III (2023) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The first the question was can Rocky return. Then the question became can Rocky help usher in a whole new franchise based around his first big nemesis. The new question became: can the movie spin off series go on without Rocky? Rocky has only really played a supporting role in the \u201cCreed\u201d movies but without his connection to the \u201cRocky\u201d movie universe, could \u201cCreed\u201d thrive? The answer is a resounding and emphatic yes.<\/p>\n

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Adonis Creed has found immense success in boxing and after one last fight, he\u2019s retired. Now pretty much just a fighting promoter, his past comes back in to his new domestic life when his childhood friend Dame comes back in to town. Freshly out of prison, he\u2019s desperate to become a world championship boxer. But when his less than savory boxing causes a stir in Adonis\u2019 life, he learns some secrets about his old friend that causes a rift between them. Now Adonis has to step in the ring one more time to settle an old score with Dame.<\/p>\n

Sylvester Stallone has always been the heart and soul of the series, but Michael B. Jordan displays his own passion and love for the successful \u201cCreed\u201d series. As its own franchise, it maintains the spirit of \u201cRocky\u201d while also exploring a new character with his own world. Adonis Creed is no longer in Rocky\u2019s world, but now his own man, with his own family, and his own problems. He\u2019s forced to come out of retirement not because of professional obligations but because it\u2019s a necessity to resolve a part of his life that\u2019s haunted him for years. Jordan\u2019s interplay with Jonathan Majors really helps punctuate the personal stakes for Adonis and how this fight is more about two men working through their demons, rather than simple pride.<\/p>\n

Along with Jordan taking the reins of the series, \u201cCreed III\u201d also injects its own flavor, allowing for different kinds of boxing matches that are visually engrossing and powerful. Jordan was heavily influenced by anime to help stage the battles in \u201cCreed III\u201d and it lends the film a flair and explosive energy that\u2019s very welcome. \u201cCreed III\u201d is proof that Adonis can stand on his own two feet, and hopefully star and director Jordan can keep Adonis\u2019 story consistent and compelling should future films be considered.<\/p>\n

Featured in the new release, there\u2019s Michael B. Jordan: In the Ring\/Behind the Camera, a candid ten minutes BTS featurette following the director on and off the set as he balances making the movie with his lead role. Other participants are producers Ryan Coogler and Irwin Winkler, actor Tessa Thompson, and co- screenwriter Kevin Coogler, et al. There’s No Enemy Like the Past: Donnie and Dame is a similar nine minutes piece focuses more on the characters as this featurette outlines Creed III’s double duties as a sequel and origin story. Finally there are three Deleted Scenes, mostly short and mostly inconsequential which includes “Dame Steals Candy for Boy”, “Amara School Hallway”, and “Duke Talks to Adonis in Church”. The two-disc release includes a Digital Copy redemption code; extras can be found solely on the Blu-ray disc.<\/p>\n