One of the all-time best, but the sequels suck

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2003)

For my money, this is one of the best movies of all time. It has everything: Ordinary Joe thrust into a heroic situation, love story, lead character has realistic self-doubt, a hero who is not purely heroic (thumb-breaker for a loan shark), an ending that's not completely unrealistic, I could go on and on. The boxing scenes, while not exactly true to life, deliver to the extent you can feel the body shots. If you haven't seen this movie, first of all I'm amazed and secondly, run don't walk to the video store! There are very few 10's but this is one of them.