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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
Action with brains., 11 August 2004
Author: Ashlevine from New York
A very interesting look at kick boxing world. The film follows a broken hearted old boxer journey to reunite with his true love that he once sacrificed foolishly. On his road he encounters and befriends a female kick-boxer with high ambitions to become the world champion. Again, he follows the wrong path when he accepts her invitation to become her trainer.
A very well made film. Some the images are first class. The fighting scenes are brilliant. The one thing I would have revised were some long scenes that seemed to go on a little longer than necessary but otherwise this is a very mature film don with passion and intelligence.
1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Half way film, 10 April 2005
Author: Artemis-9 from Portugal
This film is neither the best of the best, as other users have posted until now, nor the very poorly directed and acted film most external reviewers say. The script has a number of scenes that will make you remember similar scenes from Rambo films (as far as boxing and bloody action goes), and the 2005 Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby (as far as drama is concerned). Sure, the people here are amateurs, in comparison with the bigger names and bucks behind the other productions, but they do quite well. You can't reject a film like this just because it has faults. I had read so many put-down reviews that I risked watching the film, and I found it interesting, and active, and not as patronizing to women in martial arts as most of the other stuff - though even here there is a lady doctor in the end giving us the conservative viewpoint that boxing can severely hurt your brain, and the innuendo is... if you're female. I did not like the start of the film, but if you keep our attention after you think the film ends, you'll understand it. The director even managed a couple of surprises in the end! In this sort of story, it is not usual. Even they are not as poignant and effective as those in Million Dollar Baby, they help make this work worth seeing. Recommended to feminists, action fans, kick-boxing fans (these can't expect much realism, though).
Flawed, pretentious and unbelievable, 28 September 2006
Author: gridoon
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
"Shadow Glories" is a movie that wants to make a statement on the negative effects of professional fighting. Unfortunately, it tries to make that statement through pretentious, pseudo-profound dialogue and an increasingly unbelievable story (which I am now going to SPOIL): apparently we're supposed to buy that the heroine, who pretty much just entered the world of pro fighting, can not only defeat but also kill in the ring the male kickboxing champion of North East America, who even her mentor / trainer couldn't defeat in his prime, and who has been undefeated in all his matches, and who has already killed two guys in the ring. Come on, give us a break here. And at the end she even (rather easily) kills her trainer with her bare hands! (END of spoilers). The fight scenes themselves are obtrusively directed; there are so many cinematic tricks used (slow-motion, b & w photography, etc.) that the fights have no flow or structure to them, we just see hands and feet flying. Good performances by the two leads cannot make up for the film's other flaws. (*)
Where'd they get that Ref?, 20 September 2005
Author: Eric_in_Cincinnati from United States
The most intense part of this great independent film is when the Referee with the weird, almost overdubbed voice instructs the fighters to fight fair. It's bittersweet, like the performance turned in by Brando in "Waterfront". He looks like a Scotch Charlie Sheen, and is so into his performance that it transitions the scene with an almost Van-Damme-like smoothness. Unlike other 'fight' films, this one seems to have been made with every scene played with fullest heart (maximum return on the indie-budget investment, no doubt). Some films feature such background characters that seem to glow forth from the rest of the picture, as does this referee character. It's hard to overlook such amazing talent, especially when he's given such a pivotal role. His counterpart (another Ref, played by the former mayor of Lewiston, Maine, where this movie was filmed) seems over-the-top in comparison. This films beauty is in how the McLean referee internalizes--keeping his acting to a level of realism very similar to Hopkins' "Lambs" role in 1991. If only this piece of genuine cinema been offered to wider audiences, we might have seen the beginning of a new era of such fight-genre films. Perhaps it will re-emerge. Ten stars.
Big Balls of Fire..., 21 June 2002
Author: lolamackie from Danver,Mass
All I have to say is that this film has balls of steel. Remarkable timing, and essential ideas make this film very special. In an unusual style, the film was able to make a brilliant impact on me and my friends. Most appropriate for teen-agers.
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Holy Sh...., 8 October 2001
Author: motivelocco from new york,usa
OK. To be honest, I was expecting to go see a little independant film. The talkative once, you know...but I could not believe that Shadow Glories was really an independant film...the action is way too professional to be handled by low budget, but more important is the interesting mix of styles from documantary to deep reality. Film noir to action. It reminded me so much of something that would come from Maxim Gorky. One thing I have to admit: I Was Very Impressed.
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It will Rock your world of comfort, 2 October 2001
Author: samcullenus from boston,mass
Truly unique vision. Uncompromising in its look at the world of kick-boxing. Many great new and fresh execution of style. This is an original film worth looking into. Astounding action. Brilliant symbolic images that build to seamless whole. Go for it. I think this one will surly become a great study in near future.
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