Creed III is emotionally and viscerally satisfying.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 18, 2024

Creed III is one of the biggest highlights of the Rocky/Creed franchise to date, and Michael B. Jordan proves that he can handle himself in the director’s chair

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2024

Boxing might be the most cinematic sport, and this might be the best boxing has ever looked.

| Jul 9, 2024

As the film builds to it's emotional and physically demanding climax, Jordan pulls out all the stops for an at-times visually inspired smackdown.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 5, 2024

A dizzying, vicious dance peppered with slo-mo close-ups and visceral sound effects that make a case for why this might be the best boxing movie since Sylvester Stallone’s original outing.

| Jan 13, 2024

The film takes some risks for a sports movie and although not all of them have a perfect landing, the cast and Dreamville Records executive production bring an electrifying soundtrack that makes everything right.

| Sep 7, 2023

Michael B. Jordan’s film is a stirring tale of brothers who turn against each other out of hurt and love

| Sep 4, 2023

The third and best chapter so far focuses on Donnie wanting to retire a champ and blend his business and boxing talents to create Adonis Creed Athletics.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 16, 2023

The heart of this championship series is still there but it is just a step slower.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 9, 2023

But because Creed III plays things as straight as it does and is as "well-behaved" as it always is, what happens instead is that those cheesy training montages end up feeling like obligations rather than joyous celebrations.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 29, 2023

Everyone may have an underdog story, but “Creed 3” reminds its audience that while we may be through with the past, the past is not through with us.

| Jul 25, 2023

Creed 3 is a KNOCKOUT! The most emotional, ferocious, personal Creed film yet. The best fight choreography in the entire franchise! Completely anime inspired

| Jul 25, 2023

Creed III is not a complete knockout, but certain moments are. There are gut punches and there are swings and misses. Above all, though, Creed III is an exciting directorial debut for Jordan and a pure, powerhouse showcase for Majors.

| Jul 24, 2023

"With his eye toward healing, Jordan’s directorial debut is a fantastic technical and emotional achievement in the “Creed” canon and a triumph of the restorative power of Black male softness."

| Jul 20, 2023

Creed III can go toe-to-toe with the heaviest hitters of boxing cinema.

| Jul 12, 2023

This is a film series where the characters feel like a warm blanket. It is pleasing to revisit them, and see how their lives have changed and grown.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 12, 2023

Unfortunately he didn’t spend enough time on character development, and the audience is stuck with one-dimensional character that don’t have a redeeming bone in their bodies, which is a shame for a franchise that earned it’s love by opening its heart.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 6, 2023

More than the first two Creed flicks, this one breaks away from the tried-and-true formula.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 6, 2023

Without the presence of Sylvester Stallone, in front of or behind the camera, and without Rocky Balboa in the film, Creed III still manages to tell a Rocky story in which boxing is a metaphor for struggle, and a champ can still become an underdog.

| Jun 3, 2023

Creed is told to be happy with what he's got. And it's pretty good advice, given how he's recently retired, relatively healthy, and has plenty of money and a loving family. Yet he still allows a handful of playground taunts to bring him back to the ring.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 2, 2023