Bleed for This (2016)
Directed by Ben Younger
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
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I like the Rocky movies and I especially like the spinoff Creed.
Like Creed , Ben Younger's film ends not with the usual rah-rah triumph (that occurs one scene earlier), but with a quieter, more reflective epilogue.
The film doesn’t stand up well next to recent boxing sagas such as Southpaw or Creed, which have raised the bar in the subgenre especially when it comes to innovative fight choreography and obligatory training montages.
Most of these have loyally kept to the boxing movie's conventions; only Ryan Coogler's terrific "Creed" had moves of its own (and it was a reboot).
I know the film doesn’t have the budget of “Creed,” but come on.
Last year, that movie was Creed , the remarkably good de facto reboot of the Rocky franchise.
In its unflinching presentation of the sport’s physical toll, it circles Million Dollar Baby .
A cursory check yields a bunch more from recent years, like Southpaw (2015), Foxcatcher (2014), The Fighter (2010), Fighting (2009), The Wrestler (2008), Warrior (2011), Cinderella Man (2005), and Million Dollar Baby (2004), rare for its female lead.
Offerings such as "Million Dollar Baby," "The Fighter," "Cinderella Man" and last year's "Creed" are examples of such pics, and this new film from writer/director Ben Younger can now be added to that list.
From the telegraphed sledgehammer punches of the Rocky franchise to the arty choreography of Raging Bull and its worthy imitators (see the recent Southpaw or The Fighter), movie boxing is a dead-end dramatic proposition, with only three possible outcomes — he wins, he loses, he draws (or, in the unique case of Million Dollar Baby, she loses and then she dies).
Since then, we’ve seen 1980’s Raging Bull , 1999’s The Hurricane , 2004’s Million Dollar Baby , 2005’s Cinderella Man , 2010’s The Fighter , and six more Rocky films (including Ryan Coogler’s Creed ).
A cursory check yields a bunch more from recent years, like Southpaw (2015), Foxcatcher (2014), The Fighter (2010), Fighting (2009), The Wrestler (2008), Warrior (2011), Cinderella Man (2005), and Million Dollar Baby (2004), rare for its female lead.