Love this movie since I was a kid. Showed morals winning over arrogance and money! I appreciate you recapping this hidden gem that not a lot of ppl knew about! Thank you
So glad you enjoyed the recap! It's like we've unearthed a 90s treasure here. Morals winning over arrogance and money - the classic underdog story we can all root for!
"Pretend your are strong, when you are actually weak. Pretend you are weak, when you are actually strong." It was about half way through the recap until I realized that I had seen this movie. I learned the above line, and that the front of the skull at the hair line "is the hardest bone in the body", or something like that.
@@Amor1990 i had forgotten about this movie until i came across this recap, i still remember the getting someone to hit you on the thickest bit of your skull. When i was a teenager there was body boarders v surfers fights everyday at my local beach and this older tough surfer punched me in the nose and then called me to come in to fight him he hit me a few times until he punched me and i put my head down breaking his hand n then i beat him until he was screaming like a girl. then when i was having a shower about 8-10 surfers came up to me and my mate at the showers it felt like there was 20 of them we were shitting our selves thinking we were gonna get a good beating, but they said about time someone put him in his place. This recap reminded me of that and were i must have got the idea to get punched in the top off the head, im gonna download this movie now and watch it
"Pretend you're strong, when you're actually weak" - a solid life lesson! And that skull fact? Random but now etched in memory. Movie lessons stick, don't they?
It has been at least two decades since I have seen this movie... I first saw it in the late 90s and last in 2001... Good movie... Brian Dennehy, RIP, was such a great villain...
i had done silver gloves as a kid but given it up. After seeing this movie as a 19 year old in the navy i took up boxing again and even tried out for the olympic team. of course i didnt make it through the first round. Im no mma fighter but boxing has taken care of me my whole life .. great movie
That's an amazing story! Gladiator (92) lit the boxing fire in you, and trying out for the Olympic team is no small feat. It's incredible how a movie can inspire real-life journeys.
Thank you so much for your reply. As a 53 year old that seems like a lifetime ago. I have lit the fire in my son (10) just getting started in his journey
Underrated 90's flick for sure. When i was growing up my dad was a travel agent & the company he worked for(Carlson Travel Network in the 80s-early90s) would send him on a lot of business trips. He was gone a lot but one nice thing was that the company also had contracts with hotels where he would stay that had HBO & VCRs. So he would go do his work & throw one of those 3&1/2 hour VHS tapes in & record the movies on HBO then bring them home to me as gifts. I got to see Gladiator(92), Boyz'n'theHood, the Lost Boys, Jaws... just excellent movies that a kid my age would normally never be allowed to watch. My dad wasn't the best when it came to setting boundaries or helping me with my homework... but he was one of those "cool dads".
Your dad was the real MVP with those VHS tapes! Gladiator (92), Boyz'n'theHood, the Lost Boys - that's a blockbuster lineup. Sounds like your dad was the coolest dad on the block!
I've told my friends about that movie. As soon as I mention the name, they think its the Roman gladiator movie. When I tell them this story, they are intrigued and want to watch it too. I still have that movie on VHS and still watch it.
This movie is on RU-vid, watching it right now, seen it a few times, first time back when it came out on VHS.didnt know it was RU-vid but i came across this video so after looked to seeand there was.
@@KP-xi4bj Some years ago I was in Reno, Nevada hotel Hilton to participate in a Scrabble championship. One of the first things that happened after booking my room was the hotel giving me 10 dollars of free gambling tokens. I COULD have JUST use those since it was free then if I got lucky with them YAY and if not quit when it runs out but I did not want to go down that path AT ALL so I just walked away without accepting them. Smartest decision I ever made.
Underrated classic movie thats a must watch for any boxing/fighting fan. This movie has the same name as another Big Major movie which is why its overlooked and forgot about.
I have this movie! It's really good and Brian Dennehy, is awesome as usual! He could make you love him or hate him just as much. This is the sign of a great actor. RIP.
Great film, good lessons taught, don't look for the easy way out in life it usually ends much worse. Take chances by recognizing first whats at stake. Then be aware that its not necessary to take a chance in the first place. Love is a theme in the film taking a chance at love is never a loss nomatter how it ends. Besides that characters who played Riley & Lincoln got the basics of boxing down. Managers like Horn unfortunately exist.
Love the life lessons from Gladiator! Spot on - taking chances, recognizing stakes, and the power of love. And yes, Horns of the world unfortunately exist, but hey, Tommy showed him who's boss!
Just saw a piece of this movie on Facebook. I had never watch this movie. I'm almost 50 years old and I'm gonna watch it for the first time even though I've heard the movie name but not it's contents. I appreciate the way you recapped the movie.
One of my favorite movies since I was young. When I search "Gladiator" the other movie always pops up. Lincoln played by Cuba Gooding Jr was my dog💪🏿. Cuba looked like he really knew how to box too
As my third cousin said "Never worry about offending a Boxer. Worry about offending his BROTHER, the SOB that has a Greener (shotgun) pressed against the back of your NECK!"-Wyatt Earp to Ned Buntline (the "dime" actually 3 cent piece novelist) circa 1890 Wyatt knew this from first-hand experience. He and his three brothers "kept the peace" in many "Wild West Towns" by one of them talking to a drunk cowhand, and three of them walking up on him from behind with shotguns, then hitting him in the HEAD with something HARD and HEAVY before taking him to jail-for $5 from the happy townsfolk! Remember, a good horse sold for $20! A good horse and tack (saddle, blanket, bridle, etc.) sold for $25-30! As the "Mayor" of Liberal,KS said "I don't wanna wake-up dead!"
This is such a good story. AT JUST BOXING he would win because he is a prodigy at it and it is his specialty but it would be interesting to see a STREET FIGHT between Tommy Riley and the main characters from the Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kai tv show. Boxing is a martial art and very powerful so I believe Tommy WOULD win against some of the lower tier characters but the top powerhouses like Johnny Laurance, Chozen Techuzi and Mike Barnes would probably win the street fight due to boxing being somewhat limited and the more well rounded martial artists having more tools to work with but at JUST BOXING Tommy beats any of them.
@Zurround! I agree with most of what you said, but, I disagree with Tommy beating Mike Barnes. Mike is a dirty fighter and he will use that to his advantage.
@@AnarkeeSoundVibes I said Tommy wins if its JUST BOXING as Mike would be deprived of most of his moves, not even being allowed to kick but Mike would destroy Tommy in a street fight.
@@Zurround I think you misunderstood what I meant. Yes, a karate fighter would have a limited move set, but, a dirty fighter is a dirty fighter. He'd sneak an elbow in throughout the fight and an occasional head butt. Not to mention, we do throw punches in karate. It's not just for breaking boards and bricks.
Never seen this before. But both Tommy and the gang members look a bit too old for school. His father does not look old enough to have a son that old. More like his eldest brother.
