A great, long look at professional sports today

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 1999)

You've seen this film before-at least the basic plot-this is an accurate portrayal of life in sports today-in this case football. It is ironically accurate, yet it has a Hollywoodness about it that is not typical Oliver Stone.
Lawrence Taylor is stellar in his role here-Oliver Stone got an Oscar-worthy performance out of him. And Jamie Foxx-man he can be funny on TV-but here he shows HE CAN ACT-also Oscar worthy.
Great acting all around.
You probably need to be a football fan to follow-or have a basic understanding of sports as both a form of entertainment and a business.