Disappointed

Rating: 2/10 (14 August 2005)

Hmmm. Well, I was hoping for a bit more uplifting show than what I got, maybe not a full blown Rocky movie, but surely not this. However that's not why I wound up voting a '2'. It wasn't "awful", but very disappointing.
Yeah, I thought the acting was very good, especially Hilary. But, I was disappointed in Clint's character, he just never became a character I was invested in. I didn't wind up caring where he wound up. I was even more disappointed in the missed opportunity for Morgan's character. After developing his character, the plot just left him dangle, and didn't take any advantage of both Morgan, and the character's opportunity to be key to the plot. He was left to be more of an afterthought. Morgan himself was great as always, but he just wasn't fully exploited.
Worse was the boxing. I read comments, here, comparing this movie to the best boxing movies. How? The action was Rocky-like (fake and exaggerated). That in itself might have been overlooked, however to allow the fouls (late shots, and after the bell shots) to pass, was criminal. The shot Hilary took WAS criminal. Think ESPN and today's media would allow that to pass, and the current champ to just rock on ? No way.