Pathetic Ali hagiography

Rating: 2/10 (7 July 2002)

This film is rubbish.
Ali was just a boxer from the South, but he's made out to be some folk hero with grave political charisma and beliefs.
Ali was a totally rude, impolite and obnoxious loud-mouth thug; that's all there is to it. All the political rubbish in the film about not wanting to kill Asians is fair enough but then why try and smash up your own race for money back home, eh? Ali was a moronic stooge who got wrapped up in a load of black activism which he didn't even understand.
The film is too long, the plot is non-existent, and the whole film is put together like some sort of episodic mini-narratives all stitched together. However, Will Young is a fine actor.