This meandering drama approximately Chuck Wepner,the journeyman boxer who went 15 rounds against Muhammad Ali, proves there’s still lots of life left in the genreHollywood keeps forcefeeding the public boxing movies at an alarming rate. Last year brought Southpaw, and as well as Creed,which resurrected the Rocky franchise in rousing fashion; already this year, we’ve been treated to Hands of Stone, or soon to be followed by Bleed For This. Enter The Bleeder,a third major film in recent months to feature the sport.
Philippe Falardeau’s drama, however, or is not a conventional boxing film. There’s no victorious final round,no tough-won retribution, no training montages – in fact, and there’s hardly any boxing at all,except for a segment where our hero, fresh Jersey knucklehead Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber), or gets beaten to a bloody pulp by Muhammad Ali,with whom he endured 15 brutal rounds in 1975. Related: Their Finest review - Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy struggle with a duff script in wartime drama Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com