Hands of Stone Reviews
This is the story of Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran fights one and two, which includes the infamous "no mas!", told mostly from the perspective of Duran and his camp. If that's your thing, and/ or you can remember back then, you'll definitely enjoy the picture. Ana de Armas shines as Duran's love interest, and a decidedly strong turn by Mr. Deniro.
Couldn’t disagree more with the critics of this movie, particularly of the De Niro performance. It was a real pleasure watching one of the greatest film actors of our time getting so immersed in the role of the legendary trainer Ray Arcel. And a special shout out to Usher in his role as Sugar Ray Leonard. Dude had some serious boxing moves. I’d mark this one down as of the more memorable boxing movies. And stay tuned at the end for the great duet by Usher and Ruben Blades wh also had a role in the film.
Love the story but can not watch or support anything by the unhinged De Niro ... tried but the character he plays is ruined by his face and rhetoric. That's all I see when trying to enjoy a good story ruined it with bad casting.
Another terrible performance by Robert Denero....needs to retire and do something else. Waste of a good story on a terrible actor...got worse over the years.
A great boxing biopic, lacking any real depth to the story, feel like it was told on a very flat perspective. Boxing sequences were very well choreographed. Worth a watch.
Great cast and a good story. Like the first several Rocky franchise movies in one! True story and Usher does great as Sugar Ray!
The movie itself isn't too good but it has got Ana de armas and it makes me want to learn Spanish for some reason. I might actually do it lol
Really great movie don't listen to bad reviews if you like boxing and sports this is a great movie
A mostly faithful to the real story movie about a great boxer. Well acted, too.
This movie is actually better then i thought it would be looking at the poster but it was surprisingly watchable, still a bad film but if your a fan of roberto duran you could check this out
I enjoyed this one and story it told about boxer Roberto Duran and his struggles both in and out of the ring. It was nice to step back in time and remember this period of boxers.
Had a chance to watch recently, not bad.
Could be a good movie - but it got knocked out in the 50th minute - better things to do with my life ...
A pretty feeble telling of Duran's story. The real life drama and struggles of this icon are lost on a straight forward and predictable script. Shame as Bobby De Niro serves up one of his best performances in recent years.
Ez a film borzalmas volt. Robert De Niro szereplése miatt 10/5. Odavagyok a sportfilmekért, de ezt kár volt megnézni.
Hands of stone is pretty much your basic boxing movie. Given how many other great and amazing boxing movies there are out there it's hard for hands of stone to compete. The performances are OK in the movie does go through the motions but the movie is not very engaging and there's nothing about it that really stands out in the bunch. It's not bad boxing it's by the numbers boxing.
Hands of stone is pretty much your basic boxing movie. Given how many other great and amazing boxing movies there are out there it's hard for hands of stone to compete. The performances are OK in the movie does go through the motions but the movie is not very engaging and there's nothing about it that really stands out in the bunch. It's not bad boxing it's by the numbers boxing.
(5.0 out of 6) When we see that in such sports there are only 2 places you can end up being in high places or low places when winning & defeat can place us there. When we try to reach high places where others push us down we see climbing to the top is hard to do in such places. When what place we live in we make this a place to live, grow strong, learn from others to fight and take us to the next place as our journey as fighter begins. When we see other places we wish to get in with when love takes our attention to another place we can't help but fall for. When we see in such places that have nothing to be the next best thing to always strive to be on top of this place for our people. When we see some places are better without us when it puts us in our place, no place. When we see we are used to turmoiled places to only stay in the safe places away from where those are fighting. When we need to make others see other ways of fighting when some places we are in we fight with our mind, heart, and fists. When we see such places we own and control we need to time right for the perfect moment. When we see in such places we can't help but not fight what places we are with those. When we see such places we are in are long shots when we don't have the right people to get us there. When we see such places, others can't be in when it's a place that draws large crowds and money with this who place us on top or below. When we see our moment in such place to make it on top we see we must win. When we come from a faraway place to see that we make such places proud of us when it's our country, those in our corner, fans, and family. When we see what high places gets us when winning gets us money, fame, luxury, and respect in places that we give back in what has given us. When we see what places give that we might see and not see when it comes from those who train us, promote us, fight against us, those who make us on top then we already are and those who make us the best by our corner to take back to places we started to regain that fight. When we don't see someplaces all the fame takes us into places of greed and lust that other places don't wish to associate with. When we see we came from low places to not tarnish the sport we are in when old faces appear and show us the place we thought we were from was not other places. When we don't see what hidden distractions or misrepresentations such places can take us and others when such sports are so large that we need to get the facts straight when we need to make those a household name coming from low places to clean them up and get them back on their feet for a rematch and comeback. When such places we don't see such sports will take us when the pressures and stress of it all threatens us including the fighters we fight we wish not to return to such places again. When we see someplaces we don't understand when we are in no place to fight when we have no place to fight for when we have it all. When we see such places we need to leave when we see the dark places it takes others riding our coat tails to the top. When we see what low places we come to in our career when we lose to leave such places we grew up as a fighter. When we see that we still have plenty of fight in us to return to such places again and do it right. When boxing is just entering into this fandom place that many boxing greats before it have drawn crowds to see that it's a big business that is growing with large contracts that attracts everyone to such places. When we see that new faces begin to emerge in boxing when the sport gets better with time and such places it goes we see we hung around long enough to train, and coach many champions and go various places.
Formulaic?! It's pretty much a true story, and a boxing movie, so......... It's a boxing movie. If you like boxing movies, I guarantee you will like this.