The Prize Fighter was originally out by the time the film Rocky 2 was out. The first Rocky had been a hit a couple of years earlier. The Prize Fighter was an attempt at comedy of a serious script...Rocky. This film honors Rocky in the manner that Scary Movie does Scream. Great comedians have had to wait in order to have their analytical talent recognized because of the fact that their analysis was way ahead of their era. That was the case for these actors/writers. It's not the only time this has been done. Tom Hanks's and John Candy's The Volunteers did the same for other classic films such as Bridge on the River Kwai. The era in which The Prize Fighter was filmed does not affect the content or message of the film even after thirty years. I give it a seven on a scale of one to ten... It's not a bad film.
Review of The Prize Fighter
