Riveting Life Story

Rating: 6/10 (2 March 2003)

I hate boxing pictures with a passion, but after seeing this biography of Jake LaMotta, played by Robert DeNiro, and Joey his brother, played by Joe Pesci, I found myself rivetted to the TV. It was on Channel 4FX Sat. March 1st. The language is atrocious, but the direction is extremely well done by Martin Scorsces. It was a black and white film and some actual fight scenes were in it. Although he was a winner, his life was full of crooks and family and a tragic ending