Well done sports drama biography of a historical legend in and out of the ring.

Rating: 9/10 (9 February 2016)

"Ali" is more than just a boxing movie about perhaps the greatest heavyweight champ to have ever lived, it's also a personal historic drama about the man's life of struggle to find who he was in and outside of the ring. Actor Will Smith is true to form in his performance as Ali and Jon Voight is memorable as sports broadcasting announcer Howard Cosell, as their screen chemistry is in fine form and plus the boxing action shown seemed real and action packed.
The film follows over a ten year period with Muhammad Ali winning the title at a young age upsetting Sonny Liston, and then his first love is played just fine by Will Smith's real life wife Jada Pinkett Smith, as their would be many loves and ladies in Ali's life. Then the film is a showcase about Ali's struggles to accept and reveal his real religion that being Islam. And this even causes him to stand up and speak out against the war and say no to a draft. And to complicate matters it's a legal conviction and a fist from Joe Frazier that sends Ali spinning for awhile. Yet thru faith and work all turns around for Ali.
Then it's on to "The Rumble in the Jungle" against the now champ young and big powerful George Foreman in "Zaire" which as all knows turns out to be the defining moment for Ali's life in and out of the boxing ring. Overall well done film that's long with facts and drama it shows that a legend of sports can be historic for the way he fought in and out of the ring as Ali was a fighter on all matters of belief and life.