How sad is this?

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Greetings from Lithuania."Bleed for This" (2016) would be a good but by the number boxing movie except for one major exception - this is absolutely true story and this fact pushes this movie to better heights. This is a great inspirational story about hope and what happens when you don't give up in seemingly a "no way out" situation. Miles Teller gives a great performances (one of his best yet). Supporting characters were great as well. Overall, "Bleed for This" is a very good movie that shows a highly inspiring story. This is as well a good movie about boxing. It doesn't bring anything new to table, but its a damn good movie.

Review: This is another one of those movies, which has an amazing true story as the backdrop but the director failed to execute it well. All of the actors gave it there all but I personally wouldn't have picked Miles Teller to play the lead, mainly because he didn't have the charismatic persona like the real Vinny Pazienza, who would also frighten you if you saw him down a dark alley. Anyway, this movie starts with Vinny losing to Roger Mayweather, and after a few loses under his belt, his business partners decide to bring in a new trainer, Kevin Rooney (Aaron Eckhart), who previously trained Mike Tyson. He instantly sees potential in Vinny but he has a few bad habits, and a cocky attitude, which he soon manages to ditch from his fighting methods. He also makes him step up two weights in his fighting class, because he struggles to keep the weight down, mainly because of his lack of strict training before a fight. After winning there first belt together, there is big plans for Vinny but he ends up in a terrible car crash, which damages his neck. With the odds against him, and everyone saying that he won't be fighting again, Vinny takes matters into his own hands, and starts training in the family basement, with Kevin's help. With screws in his head, and the danger of making his injuries worse, Vinny and Kevin train hard, and when the screws finally come out, he's determined to have another fight. He then hits the gym, and his business partners manage to get him a fight against Duran, which goes down as one of the best fights in boxing history. It is an heroic story, which has the potential to make a great movie but the director spent to much time on trivial moments, which made the movie drag. I did feel for Vinny, when his head had the "halo" around it, and his courage and determination was pretty remarkable but Miles Teller failed to bring emotion to the project, which I mainly blame on the director. The movie also looked like it was cheaply made, and the fight scenes seemed a bit messy, and unexciting. Anyway, it's worth a watch, mainly because of the amazing true story but it's definitely not in the same class as the Rocky movies. Average!Round-Up: This movie was directed and written by Ben Younger, 44, who also brought you Boiler Room & Prime, starring Meryl Streep & Uma Thurman. With not that much experience behind the camera, he wouldn't have been my first choice to bring such a great story to the big screen, so maybe that's why it didn't go down to well with audiences. After watching Vinny's real fights, which did leave me on the edge of my seat, I can only hope that a top director will take on his life story, which really does need to be told.Budget: $6million Worldwide Gross: $6.7millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their biography/sport/dramas, starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciaran Hinds, Ted Levine and Amanda Clayton. 5/10

Wow! Miles Teller is phenomenal in this story of a boxer that is in a horrific car accident that breaks his neck and then surpasses all odds to mount a comeback and fight in the ring once more. It is baffling that this is a true story and I had not heard hide nor hare of before seeing this movie. Aaron Eckhart and Katey Sagal are practically unrecognizable. All of the actors throw themselves into their roles with abandon. Fantastic truly fantastic. Engaging and enjoyable watching this film.

Bleed for This a sports drama based on the champion boxer Vinny Pazienza and the accident that almost left him paralyzed. It does not stop him on the road to recovery in training to get back into the boxing ring. These films are suppose to make you feel a little inspirational seeing real life situations happening to real people. The film does show very little for the inspiration. Vinny (Miles Teller) is a cocky boxer, who rigs his body weight to meet the requirements. After the car accident, that leaves him wearing a halo ring on his neck for six months to recover. And the doctors telling him he is unable to ever go back in the ring. He spends his day, eating junk food, watching day time TV, going to strip clubs, and hanging out with his personal trainer Kevin (Aaron Eckhart). Vinny decides that he needs to work harder to train himself to get back into the ring against the doctors wishes. The positive things about Bleed for This is it tries to have a fun sense of 1980s direction with the music soundtrack. Also, the inspirational true story about a boxer never letting a severe injury from stopping him to doing what he is inspired to do. The climax of the boxing match as Vinny is risking himself from severing his spinal cord from a single bad throw that can paralyze him was cringe worthy. Also, Miles Teller did a great job in portraying Vinny Pazienza. Aaron Eckhart playing a balding out of shape trainer was also good. The negative thing about the film besides knowing how the turn out and what will happen to the character ends. I felt like the direction could have been a little stronger with its inspirational tone. The film does so well in trying to have a fun 80s tone, or delivering great performances with the cast. To make you feel for the moment and making it memorable unlike the others does not have much going for the movie. It can get pretty slow in the middle of the film until Vinny tries to lift weights while recovering. The music score Julia Holter does so little in making a memorable score besides having a couple of beat down 80s song. Overall, Bleed for This is a fair sports drama film that has good talent, and an inspired concept but does so little with trying so hard on making the movie emotional. The hard recovery the boxer went through will be inspired as a strong motivation but the film sadly will easily be forgotten. I will rate the film 3 out of 5 stars.