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Split Decision [VHS]

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This movie shows the REAL Sides of Boxing...The Dark side of the sport...How much Boxing is more a business then a sport..It also shows the Love of two brothers and they're relationship with they're father..Terrific performance by Gene Hackman...The walk in to the ring is one of the most exciting scenes in movies....I highly Recommend It...

Little brother boxer idolizes big brother boxer. But sleazy mob guys brutally bash big brother to death prompting little brother to go Rocky on everyone. In the end its those no-good thugs that deservingly get slammed. Whoa! Good stuff. Personally speaking now, from the opening scene at the gym to the walk to ring with that smashing finale, I could virtually see, hear and smell the actual world of a fighter. I may be crazy, but after that fatal beating the mob gave big brother I ached all over as if I were the poor sap. (Except that I am still thankfully alive of course). And the crunch of ME slamming onto the pavement below the window?...oof! As for all the other punching blows..the sight & sound of high energy fisted leather exploding on MY flesh...well, it's almost too much for me to take. But I keep going back..for more. Viewing that is.