A movie succeeds if it can make the audience feel what the characters feel, but Creed III may have been a touch too successful when the audience began fighting during the end credits.
It was a rumble
Yet that’s what happened at a French theater after two moviegoers were photographed fighting in the aisles as the closing credits rolled.
The movie is starring star Michael B Jordan’s directorial debut as he makes his third appearance as Adonis Creed in the Rocky successor series of films.
He had his first significant battle in the first movie, while the sequel concentrated on his anticipated matchup with Ivan Drago’s son Viktor (Florian Munteanu), who would eventually appear in his own spin-off movie.
This time, Jordan’s Creed will be competing against his old friend Damian (Jonathan Majors), and the much awaited movie has been doing well at the box office by drawing large crowds to the theaters.
Unfortunately that has culminated in the scuffle which went viral on social media of two movie fans battling it out once the film was over, though maybe that’s a testament to how engrossing it was that they parked their impulse to throw fists until it was over.
So, before anyone assumes that seeing Creed III in theaters will result in fights at the theater, it turns out that this altercation was apparently caused by someone who spent a lot of the movie on their phone.
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There are all sorts of reasons why it’s disrespectful to spend most of your time in a cinema on your phone, as the noise will distract people and the bright, glaring screen in a darkened room is going to cause all sorts of light pollution which is likely to make people annoyed.
Bad jokes
One participant made the joke that Jordan’s boxing film was so outstanding that “fights still happen long after the movie has stopped,” while another remarked, “Is this Creed or Fight Club?” and somewhat violated that film’s first rule.
Someone else watching the clip of the fans battling each other stated that was ‘how imma be after watching Creed’, so you probably wouldn’t want to be sat next to them in the theatre.
We should also utilize this occasion to emphasize that just because the movie’s renowned characters make hitting each other look incredibly good, it doesn’t mean that you are cool if you do the same.
Tessa Thompson plays Bianca and co-stars in the film with Jordan and Majors. Creed III is the first entry in the Rocky franchise without Sylvester Stallone.
Tony Bellew also returns as ‘Pretty’ Ricky Conlan, the fighter Adonis fought in the original Creed movie, while Canelo Alvarez also makes a cameo.
Please refrain from fighting with one another after seeing Creed III in theaters or at any other time.