Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

Really enjoyed this well worth a watch, highly recommend

I've just finished reading his book, which is basically a detailed version of this show. Highly recommend it. What a crazy, roller coaster ride of a life he had. Just crazy! Respect !.

Mike Tyson takes the stage on Broadway and proves to be a great storyteller with the timing of a seasoned stand up comedian. He starts with a terrible childhood in Brooklyn, New York, with a drug addicted mother and maybe pimp father who was never a part of young Mike's life. Reform schools and jail were inevitable, and a chance meeting with boxing trainer Cus D'Amato changed the course of Tyson's future. Everything is fodder, including the very strange and interesting marriage to actress Robin Givens and rape case involving Desiree Washington. Mike does hilarious imitations of D'Amato and his former manager Don King. Throw away any preconceptions you may have and give Tyson a chance, and I promise that you will not be disappointed; a solid nine out of ten.

We all know how talented Mike Tyson was in the ring at a very early age but I now realize that he would also out perform most stage actors who would even attempt to bare their own life stories on stage. Mrs. Shullivan and I were fortunate to see actor Chazz Palminteri's excellent one man stage show in Toronto about his life from early childhood through to his film career, but Mike Tyson's life story is on a new level of life choice that is second to none.

This is a one man stage show documentary style film with Mike Tyson's own sense of humor thrown in for good measure. No doubt, he had a tough life just to survive and jail and prison were not the Holiday Inn either. The only piece of Mike's life that he left out, and in my humble opinion it was a big part of his life, was how hard he must of had to work in and out of the ring to get in shape and stay in shape, both physically and mentally.

I give it an 8 out of 10 IMDB rating. It's a must see for both the historical value and the entertainment value.

I'm not going to write a book about this movie--suffice it to say if you've ever heard of, or had an opinion of Mike Tyson, then you should see this. Mike tells his life story from his beginnings in Brooklyn up to the present day. Although laced with profanity, his story is at times funny, sad, happy, tragic, and yet in the end, hopeful. He's had his ups and many downs, but through it all he has come out of it a better person, father, and man.

I always thought Mike Tyson was the most awesome boxer I ever saw. I'm glad to see he's finally become an awesome man, too.

Definitely worth a watch.