This 2009 documentary has to be one
of the greatest sports documentaries released by HBO I have seen since I
started watching movies frequently when I was thirteen. In this film we get the
story of Luis Resto and Billy Collins, Jr. and how their 1983 boxing match
affected their lives. Billy’s life ended in tragedy at the age of twenty-two
after suffering from depression, Luis’s has been a life filled nightmares that
remind him of this bout where he personally knew that something wrong had been
done with his boxing gloves, something that would cause the problems in the
fight.
Eric Darth being the director did
everything right for this movie; he went to the right people and asked the
right questions, even forcing Luis Resto to confess everything that he knew
that happened the night of the fight, making the documentary the masterpiece
that it is. The cinematography in this flick is great. The only thing that
sucks a bit is that Panama Lewis and Luis Resto along with his family are a bit
difficult to understand when they talk, but thanks to the subtitles we
understand everything. Overall the feature is excellent, very emotional and
very well captured.
Rating:
5 stars out of 5.
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