Chasing Tyson
Evander Holyfield knew he could never earn the respect he craved until he defeated Mike Tyson. When the two finally fought, the world witnessed not one, but two of the boxing's most memorable fights.
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- Cast：
- Mike Tyson , Evander Holyfield , Don King , Larry King , Larry Holmes , George Foreman , Sugar Ray Leonard
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Boring
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
30 for 30: Chasing Tyson (2015)*** 1/2 (out of 4)Good documentary covering the career of Evander Holyfield and why no one ever paid him too much attention or gave him the credit he deserved until he could line up a match with Mike Tyson. The documentary covers Holyfield's days of trying to get a fight with Tyson and how it was put on hold for several years due to Tyson's rape conviction.The film doesn't use a bunch of talking heads to tell its story but instead we get archival interviews that were done as all this stuff was going on. As you'd expect there's a bunch of video footage of fights Holyfield had in his early days and these are certainly fun to watch. It's even more fun to watch the interviews where people were constantly questioning Holyfield and even up to the infamous rematch and Tyson losing it in the ring.There's no question that this is a highly entertaining look at Holyfield's career but it's also a bit ironic that this heavyweight champion is still remembered for what Tyson did to his ear.
I really enjoy most of the 30 for 30 films because they do a good job of not just using archival footage and canned interviews.. this one was all archival footage, and only 3 people were interviewed: Tyson, Holyfield and Jim Gray. How do you not interview Don King, Shelly Finkel (managed both Tyson and Holyfield) for this documentary?I would skip it just not worth the time you would be better off just you tubing old fights of Tyson and Holyfield. It felt like the Director knew he had a deadline and just phoned it in.Why wouldn't you interview the management or trainers, they are the ones with all the insight.SMH