Hands of Stone (2016)

A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I have to admit that I knew pretty much nothing about Roberto Duran before watching this flick and, only therefore, it was pretty neat to discover this incredible athlete. On the other hand, as a result, I probably gave this movie more credit than it actually deserved. Indeed, even though it was dealing with a strong story, I have to admit that it wasn’t really a strong movie, even far from it, I’m afraid. The main issue was that the whole thing was just too random without properly digging into some of the interesting ideas displayed. The best example would be when Sugar Ray Leonard was rematching his first match against Roberto Duran w” read more

Seen in 2018 (388 movies items)

"It's a boxing movie so I liked it. Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez and Ana de Armas were all good."

Movies Watched in 2017 (111 movies items)

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Movies I Watched in 2017 (18 movies items)

"Boks filmleri her zaman güzel gelir göze. Sonuçta bir çok farklı hikayeyi barındırmaktadır. Hafif siklet boksör olan Roberto Duran'ın şöhret basamaklarını bir bir çıkması, daha sonra dünya şampiyonluğuna kadar giden yolu anlatan film, baştan itibaren nefisti demek isterdim. Fakat hikaye birazcık kontrol dışı yayılmış ne yazık ki. Filmin başlarında daha derli toplu olarak ilerlerken sonlarına doğru yıllar biraz fazla hızlı geçmiş ve yaşanmış hikayeyi anl"

BAMF's March 2017 Cinejourney (40 movies items)

" Familiar Actors: Edgar Ramirez Robert De Niro Usher Raymond Ruben Blades Ana de Armas Oscar Jaenada John Turturro Ellen Barkin Jurnee Smollett-Bell Yancey Arias Reg E. Cathey and Jimmy Carter True Rating: 7.1/10 My Review: Reviews of Stone"

“I hadn't seen this mostly because people said it had been pretty bad and also I didn't even know it had been out. It finally popped up on Netflix so I figured why not. What's the worst that can happen? It has a pretty interesting cast although Usher is an odd choice, but let's not pre-judge here. Jonathan Jakubowicz also wrote and directed another film of which I've never heard of. Anyways time to see if this as bad as people say or just went under the radar.

Well that wasn't all that bad. It's a bit different than I had expected which is good. The fights were fun and intense. Acting wise Usher was a bit of an odd choice, but there were moments that worked in his favor. Ana de Armas was a doll and I adored her moments. Ruben Blades is too cool. Edgar Ramirez and Robert De Niro di” read more