Here’s a
half-and-half movie—one half being funny at every turn and the other being
clichés all the way. But I laughed all the way through it.
Grudge Match is
as stupid as it sounds: two old guys in their 60s decide to go one final round
in the ring to put an end to an old feud. They’d met twice before, with each
winning one bout.
As I said, it’s
as stupid as it sounds. Well, there’s more to the plot than the summary above,
but that’s the main thing the movie is about. The movie boasts two popular
actors who’ve previously played boxers in critically acclaimed movies—Robert De
Niro in Raging Bull (1980)
and Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976).
So, like most
people who went to see this movie, I only watched it because of what both of
them represent to boxing movies. But regardless of the negative reviews, I
really did enjoy this movie—it was funny and silly.
The final bout,
when both took each other on, was very annoying. It just didn’t work for me,
and I was more curious to see the fight end than to watch these old,
out-of-shape dudes go at each other.
For me, both of these guys should take a step back and let the younger ones try
out boxing movies because it seems like there are no boxing movies that can
stand toe-to-toe with Raging Bull and Rocky.
Will
Smith’s Ali (2001) wasn’t it at all for me, so let’s not even go
there.
The screenplay
in Grudge Match was, as I said, silly, and Kevin Hart brought his
A-game. He was fun to watch and made me laugh every time he was the focus of a
scene, which is something that does not happen often.
Grudge Match is
a nice movie to loan and return because it’s not a masterpiece. Stallone didn’t
really bring his A-game to this one—it seems like De Niro stole the show from
the very beginning.
You can tell
that the whole idea was to make money off the lovers of boxing movies.
The other sad thing about this movie is that Stallone has been nominated for a
Razzie Award for Worst Actor for his role here, along with his roles in Bullet to
the Head (2013) and Escape Plan (2013).
Bullet
to the Head wasn’t it at
all, but Escape
Plan was a lot better, in my opinion.
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