Production Year: 2001 - Action/Adventure - Director: Michael Mann - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Giancarlo Esposito, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Jonathan Cake, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jeffrey Wright, Nona Gaye more
Advantages: Will Smith in an exceptional performance, very insightful Disadvantages: The roughness will put some people off, drags in places
...legendary heavy weight boxer Muhammad Ali from the period 1964, where he clashed with the infamous Sonny Liston, through a decade to 1974 and the now famous 'Rumble in the Jungle' fight against George Foreman.
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The first time I sat down to watch "Ali" I actually turned it off after about 15 minutes as it was nothing like what I expected. Not only did I expect a full biopic of his life from his early days but I also had become ...
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Advantages: Excellent portrait charting Ali's life ... Disadvantages: He had a few fights too many...
...Instead, the film focuses upon Ali the Great, when he was at the top of his profession, a cultural icon yet politically ostracised.
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Cassius Clay
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This is a short piece of history leading up to the events of the film.
Muhammad Ali was born "Cassius Marcellus Clay" on 17th January 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. His parents earned a modest living and worked hard for what they had. Ali started boxing in junior high, ...
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Advantages: Excellent performance by Will Smith, compelling viewing Disadvantages: Boxing fans won't like the lack of boxing
Born Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali converted to Islam during the course of his boxing career, and turned his back on his Christian background and slave name. This was to colour much of his life outside of boxing; he divorced his first wife, for example, because although she converted to Islam herself, she refused to dress appropriately. He claimed that fighting in the Vietnam war was against his religious beliefs, leading to all sorts of trouble, including ...
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Advantages: Excellent acting, good storyline Disadvantages: Less of what we were shown and more about the rest of his career
Ali is a film which shows part of the life of Cassius Clay. I have seen parts of this film before but as I saw it for a bargain price I decided to get it and actually watch the whole thing.
The film starts with Cassius going for a shot at the title fight which he does win and soon becomes the Heavy Weight Champion of the World. He is close friends with a man called Malcolm X who is a black Muslim and has talked Cassius Clay into converting to ...
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Advantages: Good acting and boxing matches Disadvantages: Slow pace in places, no in-depth detail for many events
Ali is directed by Michael Mann and was originally released in 2001. The film covers a 10 year period of Muhammed Ali's boxing career, 1964-1974, but overall seems to be rushed. As a result we only touch on the events and do not get a real chance to look in-depth which is a shame. Will Smith plays the part of Ali and does an excellent job in my opinion in recreating the true character that Muhammed Ali was in terms of boxing ability and arrogance. ...
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Advantages: Ali biography Disadvantages: a bit political
...did not grow up watching Ali fights I was too young, but I do think that he every much as great as they say he is.
The film depicts Ali's success in boxing between the 60's and 70's. The film concentrates on his major fights entwined with the political imbalance at the time, especially that involving the black radical movement i.e. that 'Nation of Islam' and one of its most prominent speakers Malcolm x.
I think the film was very well done as ...
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1964--when he took the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston--to 1974, when he took it back from George Foreman in Zaire. Along the way, the film looks ...
1964--when he took the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston--to 1974, when he took it back from George Foreman in Zaire. Along the way, the film looks ...
boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a visually stunning epic from Academy Award-nominated director Michael Mann (The Insider). Beginning with Ali's ground-breaking boxi...
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