Posts tagged Roberto Duran
VIDEO: Post-film reactions to "Hands of Stone"
VIDEO: Post-film reactions to "Hands of Stone"

Three critics of Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, including your truly, answer the bell to share their punches and counter-punches on the Roberto Duran biopic "Hands of Stone." Enjoy the hot takes of Emmanuel Noisette, Jim Alexander, and myself!

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2016, CAPSULE REVIEW, Media Appearance, Social Media, VIDEO REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC River East 212016, 2016 Summer Movies, Hands of Stone, Edgar Ramirez, Robert De Niro, Southpaw, Roberto Duran, Boxing movies, boxing films, Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, CIFCC, Post-film roundtable, Post-film reactions, Post-movie reactions, Post-movie roundtable, critics reactions, film critics, film commentary, movie critics, movie commentary, video commentary, Video, video review, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Emmanuel Noisette, Eman's Movie Reviews, Jim Alexander, The Young Folks, The Movie BlogComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Hands of Stone
MOVIE REVIEW: Hands of Stone

To use a boxing term favored by commentators, “Hands of Stone” has a “big fight feel.”  The ferocious energy and volatile personality of Edgar Ramirez’s Roberto Duran emits enough heat to liquefy lead.  Add in the smooth and suave Sugar Ray Leonard, played by a game Usher Raymond IV, as the titan to topple and the effect is multiplied.  “Hands of Stone” doesn’t break any new ground, but it operates with low mistakes to be a step above competent and solid within the sports film genre. 

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4 STARS, 2016, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC River East 212016, Hands of Stone, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Edgar Ramirez, Usher Raymond IV, boxing films, Boxing movies, Reprise, Robert De Niro, Ruben Blades, Panama, Panama Canal, 1980s, Ana de Armas, Felicidad Inglesias, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Oscar Jaenada, Pedro Perez, John Turturro, Ellen Barkin, Jonathan Jakubowicz, Panamanian, foreign films, sports movies, sports films, Miguel Ioann Littin MenzComment