‘Creed III’ review: Better than ‘Creed II’ — and Jonathan Majors keeps the champ on his toes
After the frustrating push-pull of “Creed II” (2018), in which Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed engaged in a stealth battle with Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa over dominance of a popular movie franchise, “Creed III” marks a step up.
This is the ninth installment in that franchise. Stallone’s out this time. Jonathan Majors is in, and it’s a fine trade, dramatically speaking.
Right now in theaters Majors can be found struggling with some pretty sludgy material inside green-screen purgatory in “Ant-Man
