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The Boxer

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I just finished watching the boxer with my wife. I was surprised at the fact she liked this film. I won't ruin the film by telling you in detail what happens. I will tell you that if you love boxing movies this is a pretty decent film. It is low budget and that makes a lot of people tune out. I don't understand why since it still is a good little movie. You don't get awsome effects during the fight scenes, but you do get a good story and that is what this movie is. A good story that doesn't have endless sex and violence. It is a film you can watch with your family and just enjoy. I know my wife enjoyed this film. I have trouble sometimes finding movies that me and my wife can get into. I love horror movies but my wife doesn't. It was a nice change to just enjoy a movie together. So if your looking for a movie to enjoy with your family look no further. If you want sex, violence, and profanity, well then look elsewhere. This is a movie with a good story to tell.

I recently became a fan of Josh Dallas after watching him in Once Upon a Time, so I thought I would watch this movie. I'm not a big fan of boxing movies (Million Dollar Baby is my favorite), but this one was surprisingly good. The story is typical for this sort of movie... gruff old trainer takes on a young boxer with a not-so-squeaky past and turns him into a star. I enjoyed the performances by Josh & Stacy Keach. HOWEVER there is one thing that KILLED this movie, and it was the music. Strange Charlie Brown-esque songs would be playing during inappropriate dialogues. This movie could have been so, so much better if they'd spliced it together with a different soundtrack. The cheesy music unfortunately affected my overall enjoyment of the film, but I did enjoy the story and the acting.

Well I typed this out in detail and just as I entered my first "tag" I lost everything. So I don't want to type all this again so take it from me, every scene came out of some other boxing movie (but as one writer stated definitely not Rocky). I bought it because "Joe" (Stacy Keach ) a retired boxer (with a secret) and now gym owner became reluctant Ben's trainer (poor Ben was a reluctant ex-convict who went to jail saving his mother- his secret). Keach was a great actor (in his day). They used every cliché used in every cheap movie to evoke emotion and try to create interest in a VERY LOW BUDGET MOVIE.

Not sure why Steve ("SLV Video") is so grouchy about this one. I'm not tone-deaf, and I liked the music just fine! It's interesting to see a German production and watch Stacy Keatch in action again... Definitely worth a look.

Rocky, this is not, and the storyline was pretty predictable. It is though a valiant effort on what I am sure was a very limited budget. I think if the screenplay would have been better would have helped.

I have seen worse such as Fighting Tommy Riley, which I thought was pure crap. The Boxer is worth a rental, but hardly a keeper for the dvd library. It really could have been so much more. Give it a shot, but don't expect any great thrills or twists.