Play it to the Bone (2000)

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 August 30, 2007

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. January 3, 2007

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. May 16, 2005

Worst Movie Ever

Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson hook up with a current/ex girlfriend who gives them a ride to Vegas, where they will be boxing one another in a high profile bout. That is the basic premise of the film. At first glance, one would think that such a decent cast would make something of this movie.

Instead, we get a lot of useless yacking, arguing, and spilling of inner most secrets on the road that leave viewers yawning. How I made it to the last half hour of the movie still amazes me, because I did end up asking myself why I was watching this crap when there was probably a more interesting weather report on somewhere. The characters are not even remotely likable.

The fight itself is filled with confusing imagery that really makes little sense. Sex and boxing do not come together well.

This film is so bad that it isn't even entertaining in its horrendocity (new word?). There are bad films a person can watch without feeling as though they have been robbed of two hours of their life. This is not one of them, and I am confident in calling it the worst movie ever made.

I wouldn't recommend this movie to my worst enemy. If I could give it negative numbers of stars, I would. August 13, 2004

Offbeat, irreverent, and sometimes....... even funny

This film has been knocked down more times than Dominguez and Boudreau in the climatic final fight scene. Sure the story was a bit uneven, but I still liked this quirky buddy/road trip movie for its unexpected and offbeat take that includes a seamier side of professional boxing. Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson are likeable stars and I thought they played off each other very well. While Harrelson is known to shift effortlessly from dramatic to comedic roles and back again, this was the first time I saw a lighter, more humorous side of Banderas and I thought he acquitted himself very well. Talented and sexy Lolita Davidovich as their street smart and savvy love interest was as much a welcomed casting choice as Lucy Liu's was a total waste of time other than being the object of Harrelson's vivid backseat description of her femininity prior to a hilarious if impromptu and primitive tryst. A host of cameo appearances fill out the rest of the card. Don't bring high expectations to the match and you won't be unduly disappointed, and you just may be mildly entertained for 2 hours.

August 8, 2004

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