His old pal was locked up for 18 years after that incident and is freshly out of prison, wanting to pick up his life and his boxing aspirations where he left off. Then Dame re-appears and the movies gets its urgency back. At the gym run by Duke (Wood Harris), he’s trying to mentor the next generation of champions. Life is nice for the obscenely rich in LA: The clothes are expensive, the cars are price upon request, the house always spotless and the staff unseen (save for a chef in one scene). This flashback is important but does get the film off to a bit of a slow start, jumping forward chronologically to Creed’s last fight and then to his present-day retirement life - a luxurious and tranquil existence in the Hollywood Hills in a modernist mansion with his daughter Amara (Mila Davis Kent) and wife Bianca (Tessa Thompson), who has given up singing mostly to produce hit records. The flashback ends with a violent altercation outside a convenience store. There is a palpable menace established early on with these two - an unequal power and age dynamic, sure, but also the implication that Dame (Spence Moore II) is more than willing to play dirty. Mixon), a little awkward, a little too eager to please and a little too ready for trouble, is the one carrying water (and bags and gloves) and helping him strategize. He’s the one who’s boxing in the underground matches at night. Dame, or Damian Anderson, is a bit older than Creed. This one is in the form of Jonathan Majors, an old buddy from their teenage years in a group home in the early 2000s. This device is unable to display framed content.
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