The American boxing movie "Creed: Heroes Rises" easily proves how it should be more suitable to make an IP derivative film. To be more precise, it is a sequel to an IP derivative film.

"Creed: Heroes Rises" is the sequel to the 2015 boxing movie "Creed". This movie stars Michael B. Jordan, the villain who later played Marvel's first black movie, "Black Panther", and a boxing sports movie starring Stallone.

When it comes to Stallone, the movie "Rocky" cannot be mentioned. This is also the reason why "Creed" is a successful IP-derived sequel movie mentioned earlier.

Bo Guang once watched an interview with Stallone. When Stallone was a child, he had a rough face and poor academic performance. Many students will comment that Stallone's final fate may end in the electric chair for committing crimes.

As a result, Stallone later entered the film and television industry, but of course there was no success at first. At first, he still acted in low-cost erotic films, just like Jackie Chan.

But in 1975, Stallone wrote and starred in the movie "Rocky". Everyone knew the result, and it was ultimately a great success. Not only did he win the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director, Stallone also Nominated for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

But when the film was shot, it was like most low-budget films that eventually became successful. The investment budget was seriously insufficient, and the company initially refused to let Stallone star in the film, etc.

This "Creed: Heroes Rises" and "Creed" are actually sequels to the "Rocky" series. In terms of relationship, it's a bit like "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Stallone's character Rocky in "Creed" is too old to retire from boxing. Stallone couldn't get enough of filming the latest "Rocky", so he just started a new movie. Rocky became Creed's mentor and friend, and together they faced the challenges of his future destiny.

In all aspects of the movie "Creed 2", there is actually nothing worth analyzing.

For example, in terms of production level, and because it is a boxing sports movie. Hollywood and Chinese-language films are different. In Chinese-language film production, special effects can be found everywhere.

The production level of "Creed 2" is very good. As a boxing movie, its action design is outstanding. Coupled with the fast editing rhythm and the passionate soundtrack, the action can fully make the audience feel burning and passionate.

Because "Creed 2" is a spin-off sequel to the "Rocky" series, even Rocky Stallone appeared. Other classic characters in "Rocky", such as Creed's opponents Drago and his son, the actor is Dolph Lundgren from "Rocky 4", once again played this classic role.

The scenes in "Creed 2", due to the positive depiction of the villain's father and son, and the return of Lundgren, this is true character creation and emotion.

I believe that anyone who has watched the "Rocky" series or is interested in boxing sports movies will find it difficult to escape this trick.

In fact, there is not much worth writing about the spiritual core of "Creed" and "Creed 2". Because the model of boxing sports movies has now been thoroughly written, it feels like there will not be any breakthroughs now.

The core concept of boxing movies is usually the inspiration for losers who need to return to the top through challenges, or find a way to find the meaning of life.

The reason is also very simple. Most of the sports celebrities who have already reached the top have no reason to challenge again, as long as they keep their own records.

On the contrary, those protagonists who have reached the top but fell down due to certain things and need to prove themselves, to the protagonists who are poor and need to counterattack and challenge to succeed, from a dramatic perspective, will arouse greater interest from the audience* **Ming.

The two movies "Creed", then the "Rocky" series, even the Chinese-language movie "Guild Wars", Andy Lau's "A Hu". Even "Iron Armor" with added machine science fiction elements, the essential idea is this narrative model.

But it is difficult for the current "Creed" series to be as popular as the "Rocky" series.

According to Boguang’s understanding, the reason is very simple. It can only be said that times and environment have changed. "Rocky" was very popular in the mid-1970s because it was the period when the United States and the Soviet Union were competing for hegemony, and the pressure on the American people was relatively heavy.

The emergence of the movie "Rocky", the struggle and unyielding sportsmanship of the protagonist Rocky. Infecting a large number of Americans at that time, the Americans' persistent efforts in the mid-1970s finally won the confrontation with the Soviet Union, which can be said to have special historical significance.

The two current "Creed" movies obviously do not have the historical environment of "Rocky" at that time. Even if there is not much difference in quality between "Creed" and the "Rocky" series, especially the first two films, the two "Creed" movies can only become a slightly better boxing sports commercial movie.

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