Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.
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- TriviaAs well as Mike Tyson, several famous faces from the world of boxing make cameo appearances in this movie, former champion George Foreman, commentators Jim Lamply and Larry Merchant, and trainer Teddy Atlas.
- GoofsWhen driving to Las Vegas, Grace is constantly driving the car over the double yellow line and across it as if she is being towed by the camera truck.
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Vince Boudreau: If a man builds a thousand bridges and sucks one dick, they don't call him a bridge-builder... they call him a cocksucker.
- Alternate versionsItalian and German theatrical release are approx. 15 minutes shorter than the original US version, removing one sex scene and some dialogue.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst Films of 1999 (2000)
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All in all, this is an okay film. The plot is very simple, and the characters are fairly interesting. I understand that this movie is supposed to be about second chances, but I couldn't help but think after the movie's very predictable ending, what the hell was the point of the movie? What was the epiphany reached, and what was the point of characters like Lucy Liu being in the story? 90% of the film is spent during the car ride to Vegas, which is good and bad, it gives a personal touch to a movie, yet does get kind of old after a while. I like Woody Harelson's character b\c I can relate to him in a lot of respects. One thing I found unrealistic, no chick would ever ditch Antonio 'de sexy' Banderas, I almost laughed when she 'broke up' with him. Antonio also looked a little weak for a boxer, but the fight scene in the end was not effected by it. The end is actually the best part of the movie, yet it is very predictable. Overall, not a bad friday night movie if you have some time to kill and a few beers to pounce. 6/10
- boondocksaint20
- Oct 5, 2002
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- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,434,146
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,366
- Dec 26, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $8,678,812
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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