"Creed III," the ninth film in the overall series of "Rocky" films that first started in 1976, is a vast departure from every other movie in the franchise thus far for one key reason: the absence of Sylvester Stallone. What began as a passion project Stallone had to fight to be a part of soon transformed into a series of films about the indomitable human spirit (featuring some truly inspiring and incredibly training montages). The legacy sequel "Creed," released in 2015 and directed by Ryan...