The movie isn’t explicitly about Don King and Mike Tyson, but up front, that’s the selling point. Ringside, a self-styled “freelance crusader” journalist named Mitchell Kane (Jeff Goldblum) tries to begin his investigative case against promoter Rev. Heavyweight champion James “The Grim Reaper” Roper (Damon Wayans) is first seen in the ring, pummeling a challenger. Every actor’s name hits the screen with punch sound effects. This movie opens with incredible subtlety, as we see two scorpions engaged in a mating battle in the desert, then a big car runs them over. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz, Corbin Bernsen, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson, Jamie Foxx, Rocky Carroll, and Michael Jace. Screenplay by Tony Hendra and Ron Shelton.
#Great white hype plus
Plus then you can discuss it with us! The Great White Hype (1996)ĩ1 minutes.
Otherwise you might be better off watching the movie and then coming back to read the review. This is a 24-year-old movie and all, and if you want to avoid all spoilers but still get quick thoughts, you can skip down to the bottom for the rating and the bits after that. Note: There are spoilers for plot points and whatnot in the review. I hadn’t seen this movie in years, and I didn’t remember it being particularly good, but let’s get it. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, and Damon Wayans among what is really a very talented, fairly loaded cast overall. Instead we turn to the 1996 comedy The Great White Hype, starring Samuel L. So instead, fuck it, I’ll get to Raging Bull later when the mood for that is maybe a little better some random day. There’s a lot of gloom in the world right now and Raging Bull is a heavy watch. And I just couldn’t get myself in the mood for it again, despite the fact it’s a brilliant film, Scorsese is my favorite director, Pacino and De Niro both among my favorite actors, etc. But Raging Bull is a lot to take in, particularly when you know the weight of what is coming. It’s been a while here, a few weeks since the last BLH Movie Club update, and that’s because next on my list of first 10 to watch or re-watch for this project was 1980’s Raging Bull, a Scorsese classic starring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in arguably the finest performances of either man’s career. We’ve got ourselves a little old Movie Club, a good old fashioned gathering of folks to talk about movies being specific for this case, boxing movies.
With the boxing world still on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, we at Bad Left Hook continue to look for various ways to keep the show going without any actual fights to cover at the moment.
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