Another (watered down) Rocky rags-to-riches clone including its own version of Mickey and a nonsense script which doesn't work across any level.
The most incredible thing about this 'boxing movie' is its avoidance of wanting to or showing hardly any actual boxing.
The sparring is sparse, most of the bouts are quickly summarised or avoided (he won, back to the weak back story) and all of the in ring action consists of a few shots quickly cut and blurred together with a series of close ups to disguise what little is actually happening.
As for the final matchup, the camera spends more time cutting to the audience or the announcers describing what is happening rather than just showing it.
It makes no sense to make a boxing movie only to avoid / leave out the actual boxing.
The most incredible thing about this 'boxing movie' is its avoidance of wanting to or showing hardly any actual boxing.
The sparring is sparse, most of the bouts are quickly summarised or avoided (he won, back to the weak back story) and all of the in ring action consists of a few shots quickly cut and blurred together with a series of close ups to disguise what little is actually happening.
As for the final matchup, the camera spends more time cutting to the audience or the announcers describing what is happening rather than just showing it.
It makes no sense to make a boxing movie only to avoid / leave out the actual boxing.