A Legendary Boxing Film

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2019)

Raging Bull is basically an R-rated version of Rocky, and I'd say it is just as spectacular as Rocky in terms of story, acting, pacing, and the boxing scenes.
It is about Jake Lamotta (Robert De Niro) who is a brutal boxer that works very hard to win a championship belt. He later on falls in love with a woman, Vickie (Cathy Moriaty), and lives a good life until things get grumpy with their relationship and Jake's life goes into a downhill disaster.
Raging Bull is excellent. De Niro really stole the show here, and he was capable at pulling off the acting near the end where (SPOILER) his character gained weight. Joe Pesci is also in this as Jake's brother, and he did a pretty good and was able to deliver a pretty humorous performance.
The story I felt was great and Martin Scorsese did a great job at directing. You could easily tell he was inspired by Rocky to do this and wanted to make it even more dramatic and so forth. I also like how the film is in black & white because it's trying to be realistic with its time.
All in all, Raging Bull is a very great boxing film that holds up 4 decades later.