Product Description

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 25-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #140450 in DVD
• Brand: BUSEY,GARY
• Released on: 2005-01-25
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 95 minutes

Customer Reviews

"Rocky" it ain't...
This film with a boxing theme is about a down and out man, Ed Jones, getting a second chance in life. It's also about the seamy side of the boxing world, with one promoter, Arliss King (Pat Richardson), putting on "Bad News Slugout" shows, which are ultra violent matches, and another corrupt promoter, Whitey (Gary Busey, who sells himself short in this part), out for the fast buck. Ed Jones has a lot of tragedy in his life, with a past of alcohol and fast women, a pregnant wife, and the desire to be a boxer. He agrees to do the "Slugout" shows, aiming for higher things in his career.

The production values, outside of the footage that takes place in the boxing ring, which is well done, are nil. The cinematography is truly atrocious (home movie quality), the editing equally awful, and the audio sometimes fades in and out, with the occasional strange dubbing, but despite the "zero budget" look, I'm sure the film will be of interest to fight fans. In a fine performance as Ed Jones, Rob Boyd has a good screen presence, and is believable as the central character of the boxer.
Leon Spinks, a great fighter who in real life has seen the ups and downs of a career in the boxing ring, has a small part, as does infamous skater Tonya Harding.
I'm giving this film an extra star, because even though the babes prance around topless in several scenes, we are spared the constant barrage of foul language that often permeates this type of film, and for this I thank writer/director Mark Mason.
Total running time is 90 minutes.

Docudrama Style
I don't know if the people depicted in this movie are real or not, but it is done in a docudrama style, which probably accounts for its less than slick Hollywood production values. The story is weak enough that it seemed to me they were trying to get in the relevant facts of the prize fighter's life. I do have to say that having gone to university in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it rang true as being set in that area. The local boxing promoter made me think of the late-night advertisements for a local furniture store back in the 1960s. I think this movie would be of most interest to folks who lived in Oklahoma during that time period.

Waist of time and money
This is one of the worst movies I've seen. I'm a boxing and ultimate fighting fan and also like martial arts movies. The fighting in this movie is a total disappointment as well as everything else. The boxing is awful, which is the main reason I rented it. There may have been one somewhat entertaining fight but all I can really remember is seeing men basically slapping each other. The choreographer, director, or whatever didn't seem know what boxing is actually like nor put much effort into the fights. It looked like they just picked guys of the street and had them pretend to box. Fighting doesn't have to be realistic to be entertaining and too much realism will look sloppy and can be boring (I've seen many boring boxing matches). This is just sloppy.