JackDempsey

Not gonna lie. I was pulling for Neil to win the shootout at the end.

Also, I agree that the ending was the weakest part of the movie. It was out of character for Neil to chance trying to kill Waingro. This is the guy who always preached walking away when the heat was on.

I have Heat 2 on my Kindle, I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

Yep, he had the early and dramatic knockouts with a menacing demeanor. Wild, tough guy from the tough streets with power and speed in his punches.

Unfortunately, he is a bit of a "what could he have been" story. His biggest win was against Michael Spinks. Several fighters lost before they stepped into the ring due to being intimidated, like Spinks. Once he stepped up in competition and fought guys who weren't intimidated by him he lost. His life outside the ring was chaotic, to say the least, which surely contributed to him never reaching his potential. He never fully realized his potential against another great fighter, although he did beat some good fighters.

He was only 23 years old when he lost to Buster Douglas. Then there were two losses to Holyfield. Later, the man who he told "I want to eat your children" , Lennox Lewis, knocked Tyson out in eight rounds after delivering a fearful beating to Mike.

However, many casual boxing fans believe he was the greatest boxer ever, up there with Ali. They saw his highlight reel knockouts and are completely ignorant of fighters from the past who were, or probably were, better than Tyson. If you ask them who he beat to deserve such praise there isn't much they can say. He apparently dodged old George Foreman. In his own generation he wasn't the best heavyweight. Lewis and Holyfield were both clearly better. Riddick Bowe was on his level also.

He was great in "In the Bedroom " with Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei.

Salvador was a good one. James Woods and Jim Belushi were great in it.

Yep, he nailed the role. He is Brazilian but in Narcos he spoke Spanish with a nice Colombian accent. He did a great job.

Whew, no wonder I haven't watched 60 minutes in years/decades.

Every question she asked began with "some people would say ...."

Holy cow, slanted much? Landry did about as good as one can do answering one loaded question after another. Why didn't she ever ask "some people would say this is long overdue, it is about time the maps are drawn fairly.."

I have been a boxing fan all of my life. The last eight or ten years I have watched maybe two fights a year. In the past I watched two fights (or fight cards) a month.

The best used to fight the best. The best used to fight often. Nowadays the best avoid each other as long as they can. No one wants to chance having a loss on their record. Many fighters only have one fight a year now, maybe, just maybe two.

There aren't many fighters with big personalities or charisma and skill like years past. Guys like Duran, Arguello, Salvador Sanchez, Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Monzon, Hagler, Hearns, etc.

Back in the 70's and 80's big name fighters and great fights were often on Saturday afternoons. Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy, those were the days. Matthew Saad Muhammad, John the Beast Mugabi, Boom Boom Mancini....those days are long gone.

Yes, a little bit, in that picture anyway.

However, Eric Bana is a much better actor. To me at least.

Exorcist

The Shining

Jaws

Alien

Hell, it was like that 50 years ago. After reeling in a snapper bitten in half by a shark you had to move.

Once Upon a Rhyme is an all time great country album. Jody like a melody, Loneliness in Ruby's eyes, Another pretty country song, would you lay with me, you never even called me by my name, etc.