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  • This road-cum-boxing movie starring Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas is both trite and strange: On one hand it "knocks the Rocky tradition on its ear by giving us two boxers to root for in the same match" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ), but despite this departure from convention, it manages to include "an assembly of ancient and familiar prizefight clichés" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Director Ron Shelton ( Bull Durham ) is a veteran of successful sports movies, but this one lacks the "off-the-wall larkiness" of his previous efforts (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ). The film culminates in a gruesome fight between the two stars that leaves several critics bemoaning the confusion over whom to root for; others contend that the scene's emotional conflict works in its favor.

  • On a second viewing back in Chicago, it did not, and I passed it to another Sun-Times critic, just to give it another shot.

  • "almost unreleasable" (Mike Clark, USA Today ). And to add insult to injury, the Chicago Sun-Times ' Roger Ebert uses the expression "rumpy-pumpy" in his review for the third time in four months.

  • Roger Ebert (the Chicago Sun-Times ) labels it "a worthy final chapter to a great director's career," and Janet Maslin (the New York Times ) raves that it's his riskiest film and "a spellbinding addition to the Kubrick canon."

  • Roger Ebert (the Chicago Sun-Times ) speaks for most critics when he complains that the film "begins well and makes good points, but it flies off the rails in the last 30 minutes.


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