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The character is played by Michael B. Jordan in all three installments. In the fictional setting of the films, Adonis is the illegitimate son of the late and former world champion Apollo Creed, the result of an affair between him and a woman with the surname Johnson who died sometime in the 1990s.
1. Adonis Creed’s Redemption Arc: Throughout the film, Adonis Creed struggles with his identity and legacy, haunted by the shadow of his father, Apollo Creed. In the climactic final fight against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago, who killed Apollo in the ring, Adonis seeks redemption and closure.
Now a worldwide star, Adonis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, Bianca Taylor, who agrees. Bianca suggests starting a new life together in Los Angeles, but Adonis is reluctant to leave Philadelphia, and thus Rocky.
- Biography
- Creed
- Creed II
- Personality
- His Fighting Style
- Trivia
Childhood
In 1998, Adonis "Donnie" Johnson is serving time in a Los Angeles youth facility. He is the son of an extramarital lover of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Apollo died in the ring before he was born. During his time in the Youth Facility Creed's wife, Mary Anne, pays him a visit and offers to take him in. Adonis has an older half-brother and half-sister who are Apollo and Mary Anne's biological kids. Seventeen years later, Donnie turned his life around, he went to college and got a...
Becoming a Fighter
Mary Anne vehemently opposes his dream, remembering how her husband was killed in the ring 30 years earlier against Ivan Drago. He tries to get a slot at Los Angeles' elite Delphi Boxing Academy, but is turned down. Undaunted, Donnie travels to Philadelphia in hopes of getting in touch with his father's old friend and rival, Rocky Balboa. Donnie tracks down Rocky at Rocky's Italian restaurant, Adrian's, named in honor of his deceased wife, and asks Rocky to become his trainer. Rocky is reluct...
Getting Ready for the Big Fight
While helping Donnie train, Rocky learns he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He is unwilling to undergo chemotherapy, remembering that it was not enough to save Adrian when she had ovarian cancer. His diagnosis and the fact that his best friend and brother-in-law Paulie Pennino, Adrian's brother, has now passed away in addition to Adrian, Apollo, and his old trainer Mickey Goldmill further force him to confront his own mortality. Seeing Rocky shaken, Donnie urges him to seek treatment.
The Big Fight
Donnie fights Conlan in Conlan's hometown of Liverpool, and many parallels emerge between Apollo and Rocky's first fight 40 years earlier. First, before going into the ring, Donnie receives a present from Mary Anne, new American flag trunks similar to the ones Apollo and later Rocky wore. Additionally, to the surprise of nearly everyone, Donnie not only goes the distance but he also becomes the first person to knock Conlan down in his entire career. Conlan wins on a split decision (just as Ap...
First Decisions
In 2018, three years after his loss to "Pretty" Ricky Conlan, Adonis "Donnie" Creed has won six straight bouts, culminating in a victory over Danny "Stuntman" Wheeler to win the WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Now a worldwide star, Donnie proposes to his girlfriend, Bianca Taylor, who agrees to marry him. When Bianca suggests starting a new life together in Los Angeles, Donnie is reluctant to leave Philadelphia as it would mean leaving Rocky.
Viktor Drago's Challenge
Ivan Drago, the former Soviet boxer who killed Donnie's father Apollo Creed during a bout in 1985 before losing to Rocky Balboa, seeks an opportunity to regain glory. Assisted by promoter Buddy Marcelle, Ivan pits his son, Viktor Drago, against Donnie. When Rocky refuses to support Donnie's decision to accept Viktor's challenge, Donnie leaves for Los Angeles. Donnie and Bianca settle down in a luxurious apartment in Los Angeles close to Donnie's adoptive mother and Apollo's widow, Mary Anne....
Becoming a Father
His body and ego shattered, Donnie becomes increasingly disconnected from Bianca. Mary Anne reaches out to Rocky, who reconciles with Donnie and agrees to train him for a rematch against Viktor, who is suffering torturous physical tests at Ivan's hands. Bianca gives birth to a daughter, Amara, and Rocky is named her godfather; however, Donnie and Bianca realize Amara is born deaf, inheriting it from her mother's progressive hearing disorder. Later Rocky and Little Duke retrain Donnie in a dec...
Adonis is torn between trying to preserve his father's legacy and building his own. A.O. Scott of the New York Times wrote that, "Adonis is a complex character with a complex fate. He is at once a rich kid and a street kid, the proud carrier of an illustrious heritage and an invisible man. His relationship with Rocky is complicated, too. The older ...
Although Apollo Creed's boxing style was based on Muhammad Ali's, Adonis uses a different style. Adonis has an orthodox stance like his father, yet Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler wanted Adonis style to be "unorthodox". They modeled Adonis' style on Timothy Bradley, a real life boxer from California. Jordan described Bradley's style as "pretty w...
In the sequel Creed III, it was announced that Jordan will direct the film, making it his directorial film debut.Fantastic Four and Creed, both of which Michael B. Jordan starred in, came out in 2015.Nov 16, 2018 · In 2015, we met Adonis Creed, the son of the late Apollo Creed, and with Rocky Balboa in his corner, Adonis' journey to the big leagues echoed Rocky's own journey four decades earlier.
Nov 21, 2018 · Adonis doesn’t just have a new heavyweight crown to worry about in Creed II: He has a family, too. He proposes to his longtime girlfriend (and aspiring singer), Bianca, and they have a baby together. Adonis calls his new daughter a fighter: “Just like her dad. Just like her mom, too.”
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Sep 23, 2024 · Creed II is a 2018 American action film about Apollo Creed's son Adonis Johnson who is now facing Viktor Drago, the son of his late father and Rocky Balboa's former nemesis Ivan Drago. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. Written by Juel Taylor and Sylvester Stallone.
