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chapter11 [ 6.5 ]
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Works on a purely entertaining level. Cocky Ving Rhames and mild-mannered Wesley Snipes are pitted against each other in prison. You know who's going to get his come-uppance in the end, but along the way we get a superbly entertaining performance from Rhames and a fantastic bit part courtesy of-- who else? it IS a boxing movie, after all-- Peter Falk. There's no depth to be found anywhere, and Snipes is boring as the killer with a heart of gold, but the movie succeeds on some sort of instinct-driven, violence-as-entertainment level.
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scottwblack [ 6.0 ]
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A lean, mean piece of genre filmmaking that would qualify as a guilty pleasure if it wasn't so well-made in parts. Unfortunately, Ving Rhames's strong screen presence and all the creative editing in the world can't save the movie from its clichéd script overly predictable finale.
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jeff_v [ 5.0 ]
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It works for awhile on its own instinctual level, but I gradually lost interest in the characters, who were just shy of believability. Also, the boxing scenes were pretty lame. I thought after Rocky we wouldn't be hearing any more of those big fake punching noises.
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.3 |
| No. Ratings | : 4 | |
| No. Reviews | : 3 | |
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