The gimmicky "to youth" movie

Laury 2022-01-05 08:01:28

Stallone and De Niro, two real bigwigs in the American film industry, gained fame in Hollywood with "Rocky" and "Angry Bull" respectively, and finally starred together when the two of them lost their courage. A boxing-themed movie "Equally Matched", also known as "Attack Big Brother".
Even if neither of them can punch as quickly as they did in the past, even if their strong muscles have begun to sag, and wrinkles have covered their faces, but they still did it as a model worker in "Agressive Gangster". The performance gave everyone a wonderful showdown.
I’m actually not very familiar with Deloni. When I saw him on the screen, he was already a white-haired old man, but after Baidu, I found out that he was so handsome when he was a godfather when he was young. Years are really a killer, and the acting skills are recognized by the American Film Academy as the top ten performing artists in film history. This is really an amazing achievement.
Let's talk about the movie itself. Two big actors who are no longer brave enough to stand on the boxing ring again are themselves "to youth" for them and all their fans. This is a good gimmick in itself.
However, the whole film still has many shortcomings, and even flaws. For example, the script is too monotonous, and two rivals in the past 30 years later, because of general reasons, want to play a new game to end this long-cherished movie. In fact, the plot is It's too simple in itself, so the director, in order to make enough time, at the beginning of the two of them for the game, each training, there are various blunt and funny conversations, and unreasonable counterattacks one after another to knock down the real boxer. As well as Stallone's emotional drama and De Niro's family drama, it feels so blunt, and the relationship between the two seems so clichéd, which is a bit unacceptable.
I have always felt that the film is based on the script, and this script is indeed a bit unreasonable. Maybe the commercial film doesn’t need to care about the rationality of the plot, the color of the picture, and the switching of the shots in the game afterwards, all appear professional and overall. For the most part, you can still see more successful commercial films.

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Grudge Match quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Lightning: Hey Webster, show a little respect!

    Dante Slate, Jr.: I choose to believe that you just called me Webster because of my dictionary-sized vocabulary, NOT because of my height and race!

    Lightning: Nope, it's because you're short and black!

    Dante Slate, Jr.: What was Jesus like? I'm curious. Was he cool?

  • [from trailer]

    [Sharp throws a punch at a side of beef]

    Lightning: HEY! What'cha doing? We're just here to buy a little dinner! You don't have to punch everything!

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