Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

wes-connors While working out in a Los Angeles gym, nearly washed-up boxer pals Antonio Banderas (as Cesar Dominguez) and Woody Harrelson (as Vince Boudreau) receive an invitation. They are offered a bout in Las Vegas for $50,000 each, with the winner getting to fight for the middleweight crown. The men get entrepreneurial Lolita Davidovich (as Grace Pasic) to head out for Vegas, in her bright green Oldsmobile. She appears to be interested in both men, although Mr. Banderas plays both sides of the ring and Mr. Harrelson likes picking up young skanks. The trio drive to Vegas so the men can fight and Ms. Davidovich can peddle her "bed periscope" and "athlete's foot sock" inventions to Las Vegas promoters. Insatiable and arrogant 20-year-old Lucy Liu (as Lia) joins the group at a diner. Several celebrities have cameos...Writer-director Ron Shelton has a competently made, but uninteresting story to tell. The three main characters are supposed to have close relationships, but really only occupy the same screen...The men attempt to demonstrate a camaraderie, but are still eager to beat each other savagely. If the fight is supposed to be a substitute for sex, it's unsuccessful. The opening minutes suggest the theme of sexual threesomes, but it's never explored beyond the two depictions of wealthy men having two suggestively Lesbian super-models as bed partners. Banderas' character is apparently bisexual and Harrelson's a born-again Christian, but neither characteristic is convincing; possibly, these traits are given to get the men in a fighting mood. The big boxing match does make sense, scoring-wise. We learn that boxers hallucinate when the going gets ugly. Davidovich starts off encouraging, but has limited appeal. By the way, the best punch is thrown by Davidovich. And her bout with Robert Wagner isn't bad, either.*** Play It to the Bone (1999-12-25) Ron Shelton ~ Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu

juneebuggy This was okay. For the most part, I enjoyed Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson in their roles as washed up boxers with "issues" and the boxing scenes themselves are quite well done however as a comedy it failed.The storyline was mediocre, following two aging fighters and best friends who get a chance at the middleweight title (and purse) providing they can get to Vegas in 24hours and then fight each other. The story is mostly a road trip with Antonio's current and Woody's ex girlfriend/promoter along for the ride and to create conflict. The guys do have good chemistry though and along the way we get flashbacks of their careers and competitive friendship over the years.The final fight in Vegas was the best part of the movie, exciting and well choreographed in a Rocky sort of way. I really wondered who was going to win. A bunch of fun cameos in the audience too (Mike Tyson, Kevin Costner, Wesley Snipes, George Foreman etc) and the announcer was familiar. I'm assuming this was also one of Lucy Liu's first roles, she is so young here.03.13

mw1561 I just saw this movie the other day and, unlike some reviewers, I had a problem with the fight scenes. I thought they were too unrealistic.First off, let me say that I loved the celebrity cameos at the arena; they certainly added a touch of realism, and having Lucy Liu's character show up with Rod Stewart was a stroke of genius. But I thought it too unrealistic the way the two boxers slugged each other without lingering effect. How many times did one of them get knocked down and struggle to barely get up at the count of nine? Too many to count. And in real boxing matches, whenever someone struggles to get up at the count of nine, it is all they can do just to hang on until the end of the round. Yet in this movie, each time someone gets up at the count of nine they immediately launch a counteroffensive that has their opponents on the ropes. They just does not happen in real life.Am I nitpicking? Perhaps, but it ruined the film for me.

general_jihad If you like Woody, Tom, Antonio or Lucy, and like comedies, this movie is worth the watch. It was not in Oscar contention, by any stretch, but then again, neither are many good movies. This is one of those movies that is perfect on a Sunday afternoon, when you just want to be entertained by someone else's life. The pancake scene is just plain funny. The characters are believable, and you find yourself sometimes relating their actions to people you may have known personally. Having been around boxers a lot growing up, this movie has enough realism from that world to be believable.All in all, it's a generally funny movie, and a feel good buddy road flick.