Body and Soul
Like Cosmic, I hate boxing, (in fact, I think it's barbaric, and I don't consider it a "sport"), so when I read the description of this movie, I didn't think I would like it. But I gave it the benefit of the doubt for two reasons.
1) Because I like the 1979 movie
The Champ, even though that movie is about a boxer (and his son), and
2) Because this movie was mentioned in an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", which is one of my all-time favorite TV shows. (I always thought he wasn't talking about a real movie, but the episode is about boxing, and I remembered the line "
You're no Lilli Palmer", so when I saw this movie was about boxing, and one of the stars was Lilli Palmer, I realized this was the movie he was talking about in that episode.)
Fortunately, this movie isn't focused on boxing, but it's more about the characters, money, greed, and how the pursuit of success can affect people, so it turned out to be a good movie, and I'm glad I watched it.
However, there were minor issues that I had with the movie, the one that bothered me the most was the ending.
WARNING: "SPOILERS ABOUT THE ENDING!!!!" spoilers below
Charlie Davis was paid off the throw the fight, but he didn't, and then he expects to just walk away, without the guys who paid him coming after him?! That just doesn't make sense. There would be consequences to his actions, and most likely, they would come after him and kill him. So basically, him trying to redeem himself at the end would just be worthless.
Charlie Davis was paid off the throw the fight, but he didn't, and then he expects to just walk away, without the guys who paid him coming after him?! That just doesn't make sense. There would be consequences to his actions, and most likely, they would come after him and kill him. So basically, him trying to redeem himself at the end would just be worthless.
But overall, I liked the movie, but the ending just didn't work for me.