The film tells the story of Ali as an American professional boxer who won the title of world boxing champion three times. Ali in the film is very aggressive and does not fear any difficulties and challenges. Even in the 70s, when white people could burn black people to death without being convicted, Ali also showed his pride as a black person. And tenacity, he is not only a black civil rights fighter but also a public figure opposed to the Second Vietnam War (such public figures include Bob Dylan, Jane Fonda, John Lennon, etc.)
The film intercepts the story of Ali twice winning the title of "World Boxing Champion" and a failed comeback to expand his life in different environments. The first time he defeated "Sonny" Liston at the age of 22. As a fledgling boxer, Ali, who is about to face the "Devil" Liston, had no fear, and never forgot to "anger" the opponent, showing his unrestrained and unrestrainedness. I, this is the characteristic that Ali runs through the film. Ali, who became famous during the First World War, became famous. He was given the name "Muhammad Ali" by the Islamic International Organization (his original name was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. It is said that this was the name of a slave). He married his first wife, Bunny Sonny. Visit abroad on behalf of the Islamic International Organization.
In 1967, President Johnson pushed the Second Vietnam War to a new climax. Ali faced charges of refusing to enlist in the army and was sentenced to "five years in prison and a fine of US$10,000" by the local court. He could file an appeal, but his passport was seized by the federal government, his boxing license was revoked, the title of boxing champion was taken away, and he was expelled from the Islamic organization. When he was in power, his friends left him one by one.... .. He can only be forced to survive in various state boxing organizations, but even so, he still has the opportunity to enter the media’s eyes to issue his anti-war declaration and complaints against the entire U.S. government system for injustice against the black ethnic group. , And issued a challenge to the new boxing champion. In 1971, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that Ali was not guilty. He was given a chance to challenge the new champion Joe Frazier, but lost to him.
When Fraser lost to Foreman, Ali challenged the new boxing champion Foreman here, and this time the challenge was in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire in Africa (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Facing an opponent who is much younger than himself, and this opponent has just defeated Frazier who defeated himself, this should be a big challenge for Ali, but Ali is Ali, he is fearless and belligerent. Let him beat his opponent once and regain the throne of boxing champion.
If this film only describes the career of a "world-class" boxing champion, even with his bright and public personality, it will be slightly monotonous and boring. After becoming famous in 1964, Ali in the film has been subjected to all walks of life in the United States because of his support for the black civil rights movement (Malcolm X, a famous black civil rights fighter, Ali’s friend was assassinated by the Islamic organization in the United States in a speech in 1965). Suppression and persecution, and the Vietnam War conscription in 1967 was an opportunity for this action: the US government colluded with Islamic organizations to deprive Ali of his faith, his career, and sentenced him to prison. Not only did he face his evenly matched opponent on stage, he also faced the entire invisible opponent that was much stronger than his own-the U.S. government. In the face of a large organization with premeditated and planned plans, Ali appeared weak and helpless. But Ali refused to serve in the military, openly sang the sanctity and liberation of the Vietnam War promoted by the government, and refused to sell his life for a country that oppressed his own race, and this country happened to require his black slaves to go to places as far away as Southeast Asia to persecute others. The people of a country resort to violence without a fight.
This film not only tells the inspirational story of Ali becoming a world-class boxing champion through his own efforts, but also describes the apartheid system in the United States from the side (in the film, blacks can only live in special quarantine areas in the city, and even entertainment activities. Only in the underground places of black people), they can be tied up and burned to death for the pleasure of white people; because they glance at the white people, their eyes will be dug out) and black people are still a special group of discrimination in the United States until now. The case in which the police under the administration of Black President Obama killed black residents for no reason and avoided judicial prosecution shows that on the road to civil rights, blacks have a long way to go.
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