Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.
I’d put this somewhere between a 2.5 and a 3 out of 5. Some of the dialogue here is truly like nothing else. The casual, relentless way fa* is thrown around is kind of astounding, even by the standards of its time.
The dynamic between Vince and Cesar works well. They swing from loving each other to hating, then back again, so many times it borders on absurd, and the dialogue that accompanies these mood shifts is often genuinely funny. Their back-and-forth gives the film most of its energy, even if it’s repetitive.
There are laughs to be had, but not quite enough substance to push it beyond being a mildly entertaining, uneven movie.
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