Things suddenly look up, however, when the opening match contestants for the latest Mike Tyson championship bout can no longer participate. The fight's promoters, Hank Goody (ROBERT WAGNER), Joe Domino (TOM SIZEMORE) and their assistant, Artie (RICHARD MASUR), in a mad scramble to fill the bill in less than a day, choose Vince and Cesar since they're experienced and matched in weight.
Although Cesar is reluctant due to a prior bad experience with Joe, he agrees to compete. Vince, on the other hand, wants to fight, but negotiates with the sleaze ball promoters that the winner of their fight will get a chance at a later bout with the middleweight champ.
Needing a way to get from L.A. to Las Vegas, the guys ask Grace Pasic (LOLITA DAVIDOVICH), Cesar's current girlfriend and Vince's ex, for a ride. She reluctantly agrees, mainly because she's looking for investors for several of her inventions and figures Vegas might be a good place to find them. Besides, she still has a thing for both men and would like for both of them to win if that were possible.
Thus, the trio sets out for Vegas, eventually picking up an amorous and drug-hungry stranger, Lia (LUCY LIU), along the way. As they make their way through the desert toward their evening venue, their previously hidden desires and past failures are addressed as the two men prepare for their big fight and possible last chance at making it big in their sport.
Early scenes show two women in bed with a man and another with two women in bed together. Other sexually related comments are made (including many referring to a man's confession that he experimented with homosexuality) and several nonsexual scenes include nudity (many bare breasts, some bare male butts).
During some of the boxing scenes, competitors are often pummeled in a rather brutal fashion (with related bloody results) and while some viewers will see that as being on par with the sport, others might see it as disturbing violence. A few, non-boxing related instances of hitting also occur in the film.
Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes toward others, while some characters smoke and drink (with another wanting drugs and a miscellaneous character appearing to be drunk or high). Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home after reading that summary, you may want to more closely examine our more detailed content listings.
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(1999) (Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Moderate
Heavy
Minor
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
Minor
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Extreme
Mild
Minor
Mild
Moderate
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Reviewed January 11, 2000 / Posted January 21, 2000
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