There is something about Play It To the Bone that makes you overlook the glaring mistakes and actually makes you like the film. There isn't a memorable story ,the script is nothing special and the acting would never win an acadamy award but the fact that Woody Harleson and Antonio Banderas work well together and have a certain chemistry on screen , makes the film OK. Now for the negative side.... There are many mistakes made such as,The announcer read out the fighter history and he said one fighter had drawn p bouts and the other 6! That would never be the case. The most a fighter would ever draw would be 2. We also see Rod Stewart with Lucy Lui on his arm at the fight,when has Rod ever been out with a woman who is not a blond?! The fight scenes are good but they are too long and as for Vince seeing the girls topless walking around the ring, that's just not funny. We also see lots of celebrities looking out of place in the film, i can only think that these scenes were shot at a real match in Vegas but they dont add to movie they obviously look like they have been asked at the last minute to be shot for this film and it does not work.
I know it sounds like i hate the film but i dont. Give it a chance. 6 out of 10.
I know it sounds like i hate the film but i dont. Give it a chance. 6 out of 10.