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How Were The Fight Scenes?

posted 8 years ago by clogan8307
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I haven't seen this movie yet so without giving any spoilers are the fight scenes up to par? How would you rate them on a scale of 1 (being poor) to 10 (being great)?

Also, I'm a black American who happens to be fans of both Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard. They both had their good and bad traits as far as the way they acted outside of the ring but I'm kind of wary of watching Hands of Stone because usually boxing movies portray one fighter as almost all good and the other as being all bad. I would hate to see this done to two of the greatest fighters ever. But if the true boxing fans love this movie I know I'll go see it.

[–] novakief 8 years ago

This movie is more about the struggles Duran went through. It focuses on many things and the fight scenes are food, but it's actually not the main thing. The main thing was Duran and his life.

[–] wrightinchicago 8 years ago

Fight scenes are good, very up close.

[–] mjack421 8 years ago

I'd say a 4. A few nice sequences but I didn't like the multiple camera angles. Sometimes you get the feet, sometimes overhead, sometimes over the shoulder, just lacked consistency to me but I'm just one man.

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[–] ReasonableAssassin 8 years ago

I agree with you.
To be honest, I was really disappointed in the fight choreography.

Considering they had real consultants from the fight game on set, what we saw was underwhelming.

The film itself is great.
Deniro was brilliant.

I think he was better suited for the role than Pacino who Was originally cast and then left the project.

Edgar Rameriez was also a replacement and turned out to be perfect.

Very good film because of the performances.

[–] jonathanmarklund 8 years ago

The fight scenes wasn't bad, but they lacked some impact. They did a good job of portraying the chaos. But it felt like watching two people dance. It just lacked the *umpf* of a good fight scene.

Also, the sound effect was a little bit different in design, so I think that had something to do with it as well.

[–] cableaddict 8 years ago

I thought the fight scenes were the most realistic I've ever seen, in a movie.

That's not saying much, but still... - And I'm a former boxer & huge boxing fan myself.

Not as much aggression as was seen in actual Duran fights, but that's hard to do while still getting close-up facial shots. The foot movement, the defense, the punch support - it all looked pretty real to me.