Play It to the Bone (1999)

pretty good
both woody harrelson and antonio banderas gave great performances in this. i don't understand all the bad reviews. this deserves atleast 3 and a half stars. its pretty funny. very entertaining film. really underrated

Hey!, Davidovich and Liu make this film worth a watch.
These two women grace the movie and it is a pleasure to watch them, especially when Lolita gets that red dress on at the end.

I don't want to give the ending away but do not think, the ending was all that predictable, I mean for the Rocky movies, we know, he's usually going to win, but there are a number of ways to get there.

So, maybe this is the first boxing movie of the new millenium; or maybe it is another Woody Harrelsen sports movie, the previous one I know of being "white man can't jump" of the basketball genre.

Tom Sizemore does fine in his role; Lucy Liu and Lolita Davidovich fill in their roles well enough. Antonio and Woody really aren't the boxing types, not the biceps you might see on a real boxer, but I wouldn't let that stand in the way of the plot.

A little zany, not a classic but not as bad as what some say.

On my short-list of "Worst Movies Ever"
I'm a fan of schlock and b-movies, so I can't honestly say that "Play it to the Bone" is the worst movie I've ever seen, at least from a technical standpoint. The cinematography is alright. It features name actors and what appears to be a budget. Compared to some of the dreck I've waddled through over the years, "Play it to the Bone" at least meets some bare minimum threshold to qualify as a movie, and that's more than I can say for, say, "Burial Ground" or "Challenge of the Lady Ninja."

On the other hand, I can't think of any other movie that actually aspires to be good and fails so completely as this one. If a b-movie aspires to be an hour and a half of trashy entertainment, provided it doesn't bore me I'm more than willing to sit through plot gaps, eye-rolling dialogue, technical incompetence, etc. When a movie features Woody Harrelson and Antonio Bandares - not to mention a budget - I expect ... I don't know - a plot? Characters I care about? A laugh or two? Something?

I'm not going to bother to rehash what little plot you'll find in "Play it to the Bone." Just trust me on this on: About a half hour in, the movie turns into the most anoying and uneventful buddy flick you've ever seen. Neither of the main characters ever springs to life, which is even more incredible when you consider that Harrelson and Bandares seem to have some charisma. Absolutely nothing at all happens except for some "wacky hijinks" along the way that won't even make you smile. The climactic fight scene at the end is poorly shot and just ridiculous.

The only reason to see this movie is to witness maybe the most collosal waste of time, effort and money Hollywood has pinched off in years. Don't even consider renting this dreck.