The recent addition to the Rocky chronicles, 'Creed', is an excellent story about stepping out from under the shadow of a legacy, and it certainly did just that. In 1998 we meet Adonis 'Donny' Johnson, a fighter who landed in juvie after bouncing around the foster and group home system. He's approached by the late Apollo Creed's wife, Marianne, who knows that Donny is Apollo's son through wedlock with another woman. She takes him into her Los Angeles home and raises him like a son, which comes with a lot of wealth and perks. Still, Donny fights, taking down appointments in illegal fights across the border. Unsatisfied with a quiet existence he forces his way into the boxing world, and becomes a student of Rocky Balboa.

Any of you who haven't seen it should get out to your nearest theatre ASAP and see 'Creed'. It was a great movie, full of more heart and heat than I thought possible, and it brought everything full circle.

(I know this isn't another 'Redemption' chapter, but I really, really, wanted to say something about it, since I just saw it tonight and it tore at my heart strings.)