The Movie Like The Sport Is Just Too Slow...

Rating: 4/10 (23 January 2001)

It wasn't a great flick, but you can not blame Oliver Stone entirely for this. It's the game called Gridiron or American Football. Unless you're brought up on it, it can be very hard to enjoy. It seems after five to ten seconds of play you need to have another two minutes break of play. If the movie was a little more condensed then the action and story could have moved at a more interesting pace. The movie simply did not have enough story to stretch out for this long.
In the end, in an appropriate irony, like the game of American football, the movie was just too stop start and drawn out. The sport and the movie could do with a little more continuity. Soccer has the continuity, although none of the toughness, and way too much rolling around in fake pain. Perhaps Australian Football or Gaelic Football could be a guide to the speed a tough game of football can be played. However, Oliver Stone is too good a director not to bounce back.