Customer Reviews:
 Extraordinary, essential viewing. April 8, 2009
Jane Eyre (Edinburgh, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Whatever you think you know about Mike Tyson, whatever your opinion of him might be, boxing fan or not, this film is simply essential viewing. For anyone who remembers Tyson's initial explosion onto the world stage, or who remembers him in his prime it will also serve as a visceral reminder of what all the fuss was about in the first place. The tale of a modern day tragedy told almost exclusively from Tyson's point of view, what you get is an utterly compelling, brutally candid, fascinating glimpse into the soul of a person whose life experiences are so extreme that few could ever possibly relate. It is lazy and too convenient to label Tyson as some sort of freak or monster (the ear-biting, the rape conviction etc. etc. etc.) What watching this film will make abundantly clear is that there are always reasons behind how and why peoples lives turn out the way they do and whilst Tyson may be responsible for monstrous acts he is also, and equally, a product of your average all-American ghetto and a victim of forces way beyond his control. This extraordinary film addresses such issues simply by letting the man talk and leaving you to draw your own conclusions and whilst as a subject he may lack the articulacy, wit or charisma of an Ali, there is enough self-awareness, insight and honesty here, coupled with the poetic talents of a gifted and original film maker, to make this almost hypnotic, compulsive viewing. There are undoubtedly future films to be made about Tyson, ones that interview all the players involved and that offer a more thorough, objective, investigative analysis of some of the notorious events covered in this film. But as pieces of the puzzle go, no credible appraisal of the rise and fall of one of the late twentieth centuries genuine sporting megastars can now be undertaken without acknowledging a debt to this stunning film. Do not miss.
Brilliant April 7, 2009
Mr. I. W. Woodward
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every boxing fan should watch this, if you loved him or hated him it doesn't matter. Ignore what the person below said, they have not watched the film and know nothing other then what he's/she's seen in the media, while he is a convicvted rapist anyone who actually looks at the facts surrounding the event will know he was very much set up. This movie shows you everything from start to finish, i was tearing up at parts of it (and so was mike tyson) just brilliant, i will keep this to show people in 20 years.
 Interesting first-person perspective on a legendary rise and fall April 28, 2009
Jim Red
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Firstly, the BluRay aspect of this film. It was ok, however the early fights that are shown are just as dodgy in quality as I suspect they would be on DVD. Mike Tyson talking to camera is shown in immaculate clarity though. You can see every scar, mark and pore on his fight-worn and worldly-worn face.
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br /All that aside, it was an interesting 90 minutes spent exclusively in the company of one of the most controversial sportsmen of all time. It's all here, from his rise to fame and fortune via petty and not-so-petty crime in New York, to his extraordinary destruction of anything that moved in the heavyweight ranks and his startling descent into madness and prison.
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br /Looking back on his ferocious and prodigious talent through the many clips, you're reminded that, at his peak, this man was quite probably the greatest ever fighter. Astonishing speed, brutal power and an eye for weakness in an opponent's makeup are there for all to see. Nobody can argue with this man's talent.
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br /His rapid decline, for reasons explained quite eloquently and with great insight by the man himself, is just as fascinating. From the death of his best friend and mentor Cus D'Amato, the unwise marriage to Robyn Givens, to the Holyfield injustices (as Tyson claims) and the conviction for rape and his descent into drug and alcohol abuse, his is a journey that nobody, not even himself, can fully comprehend.
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br /An unique chance to have Tyson sit there and tell you what happened to a unique individual.
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br /Come to your own conclusions as to whether he's a tortured and damanged boxing genius, or a more sinister character who hurt a lot more people than those he coolly despatched with brutal efficiency in the ring.
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br /One thing's for sure, we will never see the like of this man again.
Tyson August 28, 2009
L. John-Baptiste (UK)
Good documentry. Lets you see the story from a different perspective. Picture and sound quality are also very good.
 Brutality licenced April 6, 2009
walter scott1
1 out of 36 found this review helpful
Why was this produced, never mind being sold? Even leaving aside the "morality" of boxing as a "sport" this brute is a convicted rapist and woman beater, and in any other (normal) walk of life would still be in jail. Delete this from your catalogue and and earn some respact from loads of yur customers, as opposed to a small amount of profit from a few.
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