Not Quite Rocky V's Raging Bull

Rating: 6/10 (6 July 2016)

Continuing my plan to watch every Sly movie in order, I come to Grudge Match.
Plot In A Paragraph: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout. 30 years after their last match.
Not funny enough to be a comedy, and not dramatic enough to be drama, it falls somewhere in between. Sly and De Niro both have a twinkle in their eyes, and there is certainly a certain charm to the movie. But at times it just feels flat, and Kim Basinger lacks any real chemistry with the two leads.
Alan Arkin has some good lines, and Kevin Hart puts in his usual enthusiastic performance. Jon Bernthal (who I enjoyed in The Walking Dead) is fine too!!
Grossing $29 million domestically, Grudge Match ended up as the 92nd highest grossing movie of the year.