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Ryan Combs (writer)
Release Date:
2009 (Canada) more
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"Before Tyson, there was Liston".
Plot:
The fascinating life story of Sonny Liston, the controversial heavyweight boxing champion of the world. full summary | full synopsis
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Ving Rhames stellar performance is the only reason to see this bio of Sonny Liston more (1 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Ving Rhames | ... | Sonny Liston |
 | Stacey Dash | ... | Geraldine Liston |
 | Nicholas Turturro | ... | Ceasar Novak |
 | Alan Van Sprang | ... | Nico Orso |
 | Bridgette Wilson | ... | Farah |
 | David Proval | ... | Savino |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mustafa Abdelkarim | ... | Young Sonny |
| Troy Amos-Ross | ... | Floyd Patterson |
| Danielle Benton | ... | Cigarette Girl |
 | Jennifer Donison | ... | Lewiston Ring Girl |
| Natalie Gauvreau | ||
| Andrew Hinkson | ... | Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay |
 | Sean Mauricette | ... | Catfish Jenkins |
 | Joseph Motiki | ... | Trent Mays |
| Neven Pajkic | ... | Irish Thunder |
| Andelle Posival | ... | Young Fan #1 |
 | Gord Rand | ... | Bill Macky |
 | Rick Roberts | ... | Father Alios |
| Amber Shonts | ... | Fan |
 | Egidio Tari | ... | Bobby Zazo |
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Rated R for pervasive language, sexual content and some violence involving a sexual assault.
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Australia:MA (2008) | New Zealand:R16 | USA:R (certificate #45692)
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If You Want My Love more
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Ving Rhames turns in another stellar performance as Sonny Liston in Robert Townsend's film of Liston's rise and fall. Liston was an ex-con who rose through the ranks of professional boxing to take on Cassius Clay before he was felled by a "phantom punch" and his own demons. Rhames is truly amazing as Liston and you feel for him. Unfortunately the rest of the film is nowhere near his level with some bad performances, a weak script with awful dialog and a directorial style that makes this tough going. If it wasn't for Rhames performance I would day that the film isn't worth bothering with, but he's so good that he really should be seen if this comes across your TV screen on cable