1972
Directed by John Huston
All right, let's get this over with. I don't think I have ever liked a sports movie and certainly not a boxing movie. This is probably due to the fact that I have never seen a sport that I liked either. Well, maybe rugby, but that has nothing to do with the game.
Stacy Keach plays a boxer past his prime with an alcohol problem. What a treat for everyone. He meets young newcomer Ernie Munger, who is dealing with personal problems of his own. He also encounters one of the most annoying female characters in all of cinema. She is pictured above and even her picture is obnoxious. She also has a drinking problem and yells at people a lot. Two treats!
What a dull, dull, dull film full of unsympathetic characters. I suppose we are supposed to like the coach, who genuinely seems to care for his fighters. I see nothing elegant or admirable in boxing so I had a hard time finding anything meaningful in these people's lives.
Skip it.
RATING: **---
Interesting Facts:
Marlon Brando was considered for a role in this film. Is he just in every seventies film?
Total agreement. Pass.
ReplyDeleteI did not like this movie and I am not even sure that we were supposed to. I think we were supposed to see losers as losers but it was so hopeless! And the woman---oh my god! Please stop!
ReplyDeleteI have been checking reviews on this one and I think you are the only one who agrees with me that this was depressing as hell. Trash people throwing away their lives. Good production value and good acting does not really change that.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I see we agree on boxing...