2 1/2 hour long music video. Not good

Rating: 6/10 (20 September 2002)

Spoilers??
This movie is way overlong. This movie could have been an hour shorter with a good director. Instead there's tons of gas in between important moments. That and if you're an outsider to boxing, you'll be utterly confused. And if you don't know much about Ali's life, but know about him and his fights, it's still gonna screw you up.
And there's no time element here. You can't tell what's the sixties or the seventies. It's like....okay Malcolm X is dead... oh and there went MLK jr. It's all a blur to me. It's like they took Ali's life and threw it in a blender and voila. ALI.
Another thing that got me is Mario Van Pebbles. Perhaps the stupidest casting job I've seen in decades. Mario can't carry a movie. It's virtually impossible.
After all that.. Will Smith does indeed shine. It's too bad he had a horrible movie to do it with.
6/10
Quality: 4/10 Entertainment: 7/10 (last half hour does it) Replayable: 3/10