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4. Rocky Doesn't Call Donnie After His Mother Dies - Creed III
Creed III featured the death of Adonis Creed's (Michael B. Jordan) adoptive mother Mary Anne (Phylicia Rashad), which while a relatively tacked-on affection in its own right, also only drew further attention to Rocky Balboa's (Sylvester Stallone) total absence from the story.
Though it's absolutely fair enough that Michael B. Jordan wanted to strike out on his own and leave Rocky in the periphery, especially after Creed II's tidy ending, it does feel rather off that Rocky doesn't seem to call up Donnie after his mother's death, nor is he seen at her funeral.
Sure, you can argue that the pair had an emotional heart-to-heart off-screen and Jordan simply didn't want to distract from Donnie's story by bringing Stallone back into the fold, but a 90-second over-the-phone cameo from Stallone would've added a little extra weight to the whole thing.
Instead, fans were left questioning a) what Mary Anne's death added to the story and b) why the hell Rocky wasn't checking in on his pal.