Poor interpretation of a great sport.

Rating: 1/10 (2 December 2004)

There is a reason the NFL refused to be a part of this pile. When Oliver Stone steps up after a film like Natural Born Killers and states that he is doing an expose on something, I was sure to expect a return to the grand Wall Street era. But Stone, as the ADD child that he can be at times, throws as much unrealistic crap in this piece as he does real.
I don't know if he was trying to keep our attention or not, but why would you need to? It's about football! For every look into a decision with possible fatal consequences, or every power tug-of-war between inept owner and overwhelmed coach, or every player tirade, there IS something so utterly ridiculous to ruin the realism achieved.
A QB puking on the field of player in front of a National audience? An eyeball getting knocked out totally? A player chain sawing a car in half? All these are big dumb MTV style steps away from what could be greatness.
Football deserves a harsh critical film about what happens to players and those surrounding the game, not self indulgent crap.