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Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 4
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Klaus Maria Brandauer stars in this unusual boxing film that takes the coach's perspective. Alek Neuman is an angry Jewish immigrant in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn passing his days as a... [More]
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar, Ángela Molina
Director: Joe Roth
Brandauer, however, takes what probably would have been an interesting character and makes it a fascinating one, bringing complexity, depth, and an understated sense of humor to Alek, adding just the right spin to otherwise unmemorable lines.
A likable, but hardly compelling story.
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Director Roth never uses a short jab when he can take a wild swing, usually at the cold inhumanity of Soviet society.
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The film punches most powerfully when Roth simply allows his camera to gaze upon Brandauer's broken-down magnificence.
A lot of the film was shot in Brighton Beach, and looks authentic, but everything else is either synthetic or derivative, like the musical score.
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It's a wonder nobody had thought of casting Brandauer as a boxer before -- his work is so full of devilish feints and tricky, misleading expressions.
Top CriticA rousing ringside drama with Austrian hunk Klaus Maria Brandauer.
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