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It didn't help that I watched the two Chuck Wepner films back-to-back to see how they compare. Although Zach McGowan and Jerrod Page barely resemble their respective characters, I will commend their performances, with Page getting the nuances of Ali just right and McGowan giving a performance that is at least different enough from the 2016's Chuck. It was also cool to see Burt Young appear in a film about the man who inspired the Rocky franchise, nice touch there.

Beyond the 1hr mark, it is basically beat-for-beat like the last film. Which begs the question, why does this even exist? I assume, its because they were coincidentally both in production? Regardless, its pretty obvious which one is the better film.

However, there are a few notable differences that were actually BETTER than 'The Bleeder', this film in particular had the balls to include a scene in which Ali wanted Chuck to call him a 'you know what' prior to a press conference to generate buzz, something that the 2016 film completely ignores. In fact, I will say that there is far more interaction between Ali and Wepner in this version than the last. There was also a particularly fantastically-acted argument scene between Chuck and his estranged wife in this film, which I cannot say was in the original.

I will say that the film is basically at its best when its covering events NOT in the 2016 film. His weird antics with the forger John Olsen and the events of suing Sylvester Stallone, though I must admit it takes a very weird turn when it basically portray Sly as a villain by the end of the film, and it just kind of ends abruptly with the lawsuit.

Unfortunately however, its ultimately an inferior version of the film released only a few years before it. With worse pacing, fight choreography, structure, acting and editing. If you're somehow split between watching this or the 2016 film, choose the latter. However, if you simply want another rendition of the Chuck Wepner story told, give this film a watch.

The question is this: Who was dumb enough to give these amateurs the money to make this horrible movie? To call this a cliche boxing movie would be an insult to all of the cliche boxing movies out there. It's hard to identify all of the individual areas where this movie suffers, because everything about it was bad. If you are an aspiring filmmaker, you'll draw inspiration from this. Because if these filmmakers are capable of making a movie that is prominently featured on Netflix, so can you. To give you an idea of how bad this movie is - one of the actors portrays Sylvester Stallone. This particular actor was a very overweight man with pock marked skin and a heavy east coast accent. I don't mean to be insulting, but he looked nothing like Stallone and it was preposterous to watch. I'm genuinely embarrassed for everyone attached to this project. This movie is about Chuck Wepner, "the underdog who went the distance with Muhammad Ali." The only problem with this point is that Ali TKO'd Wepner in the final round of their 1975 fight. Do your homework, fellas.

Only if you are a boxing fan would should you consider watching this movie and even then think twice as this movie is god awful. The whole movie is centered around Chuck Wepner and his self-destructive habits. I did not think movies this bad would even be allowed on DVD or streaming, but Hollywood continues to show they have now idea how to make a good movie anymore. Chose something else to watch and this is really not worth your time. But if you insist on watching it, you can scan through the movie quickly as it is such a slow dreary movie you would miss nothing.

The acting and the script in this film are so incredibly bad that I have to believe it's bad on purpose. Especially Muhammed Ali, his character portrayal is nothing short of a hysterical comic.

This is truly a bad movie. The acting is terrible, the script is terrible, the fights are terrible. I watched maybe 30 minutes of the movie before I gave up. I can't find any good comment to say about that movie.

Acting was strong. Story was strong. I was engaged until the final act. The writers didn't close. Flat and disappointing ending.

If you want a good chuck wepner story watch the espn special called the real rocky or the movie chuck that is on Netflix

Excellent. Never a dull moment. All star cast, Great script and different levels of story telling. We now know why Chuck Wepner is the Real Rocky

Chuck Wepner was a boxer that most boxing fans from the 1960's - 1970's could easily forget about, if it wasn't for the movie Rocky.

The movie starts around the middle part of Wepners boxing career, and takes a few seconds looking at his life before boxing. The movie then goes forward and tells the story of Wepners highs and lows in life.

Chuck Wepner was a heavyweight boxer, who fought his way into the bottom part of the top 10 rated heavyweight fighters in the world. Wepner was seriously never a real threat to any top rated fighter or world champion. He eventually gets a match against Muhammad Ali, by far the biggest event in Wepners boxing career. After his epic fight "The Rumble in the jungle" with George Foreman, Ali picks the 35 year old Wepner for an easy fight in 1975.

After his fight with Ali, Chuck Wepner becomes a bit of a minor celebrity. With the fame Wepner indulges in late night partying, girls, booze and drugs.

Being a movie its obviously dramatized at times, but the story seems to be consistent from what I have read, and the documentary I saw about this subject.

The acting is Ok for what the movie is. The story telling moves a long at a steady pace, and there is usually something happening, for good or bad. One issue is well known characters in the movie like Ali and Stallone look very little like the actual people. I suppose it's not always easy to get really good look a likes. However Zach McGowan who plays Chuck Wepner looks absolutely nothing like Chuck Wepner. The hair and moustache are all wrong. Wepner has a rough boxers face with a pug nose, Zach McGowan looks fresh and has a big nose. The one saving thing is Zach McGowan carries himself like a struggling boxer in the movie. Even though he looks more like a wrestler.

I found this movie watchable as I like boxing and offbeat life stories.

Asking his opponent to call him the N word. I'm a pugilist fan, but this film really shows the underside of this dark sport.