Brutally Brilliant

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2008)

Whoa! Martin can pull anything out of his behind and make a masterpiece. If it's a caper, gangster, period piece or anything he can do it and in 1980 he made a boxing movie. And it was so so so good. And it deserves applause from everybody. De Niro like usual is great and his usual partner in crime JP is also good as his brother. This really isn't all about boxing. It's a study on how messed up a mans life can get. Jake had it all but he lost it all to. His sense of manliness is shattered and he ends up a shadow of what he could of been and thats the saddest part. Just like most of the cinema's boxers (Except Rocky Balboa) he ends up missing the biggest chances of his life. Scorsese you've done it again 8/10