Hits hard no fairytales like a rocky or a Body and Soul. It is just the raw version of what happens to some boxers. Not everyone can be champion nor can everyone be the contender sometimes in sports you're just good, but not great enough to get that crown or that promotion. Huston did a great job at showcasing this. With great rugged visuals looking like Panic In the Needle Park and Dog Day Afternoon.
The way age is tackled in the last scene is tremendous at some point you'll be the older guy on the block when just a blink ago you were the hot shot, but we have to accept that and wonder are any of us every happy? Great film.
Hits hard no fairytales like a rocky or a Body and Soul. It is just the raw version of what happens to some boxers. Not everyone can be champion nor can everyone be the contender sometimes in sports you're just good, but not great enough to get that crown or that promotion. Huston did a great job at showcasing this. With great rugged visuals looking like Panic In the Needle Park and Dog Day Afternoon.
The way age is tackled in the last scene is tremendous at some point you'll be the older guy on the block when just a blink ago you were the hot shot, but we have to accept that and wonder are any of us every happy? Great film.
