The Greatest Boxing Movie Since Raging Bull & Rocky! Will Smith Is Unbelievable!

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2001)

Ali, to portray such a man would have to be one of the hardest tasks in film history and by choosing the composer/acting talents of Will Smith (Who I like, but I thought Laurence Fishburne would've been the choice to make) made me unsure! I was wrong...DEAD WRONG! Will Smith puts in the greatest performance in his career (SO FAR?!) and it shows that his really improved since WILD WILD WEST (The Legend Of Bagger Vance was good, maybe that's how his comeback started)! I still don't know about an Oscar, btu his already been nominated for best actor in a drama with a goldne globe and I hope he wins this! This will declare Will Smith as not only a top composer (UP YOURS EMINEM, I HATE YOU FOREVER...SORRY ABOUT THAT?!) but an actor as well! Though it doesn't exactly display Ali's entire life, it's graphic, well acted and probably Michael Mann's best piece of directorial work. The 2nd best film of the year, behind LORD OF THE RINGS! 9/10