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Plot Summary
The rise and fall of former Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
84%- Reviews Counted: 136
- Fresh: 114
- Rotten: 22
- Average Rating: 7.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Half-appealing, half-pathetic.
Fresh: I can't say I've ever wanted to be in Mike Tyson's head, but this documentary by James Toback certainly took me there, and I won't soon forget it.
Fresh: It all adds up to a fascinating psychological study, a film that goes beyond both the public persona and the fighter's own spin to get at the frightened, angry, explosive, yet utterly understandable boy who became a very troubled and very public man.
Fresh: The most remarkable revelation of the movie is its subject's thoughtful, reflective eloquence and unflinching self-perception...Tyson may or may not be entirely who he says he is, but he's probably not who we thought he was, either.
Customer Reviews
Humanity
One review on here talked about Tyson going out on the stool crying and assumed he wasnt a true fighter to go out like that. This cant be more wrong, that shot in the film proved to me that Tyson was more than just some machine with nothing inside, he knew it was over(his career), he went through a lot,good and bad, but no one should judge him til they have walked in his shoes or strapped on his gloves. Just because you cry doesnt mean youre weak.
thoughts on iron mike
every time i watch mike fight i think , man he could have been the greatest.... he had the physical attributes but not the mental and that goes a long way in boxing... but on his way up no fighter was more exciting..... and on his way down no fighter was more entertaining
MIKE IS THE MAN !!!
hopefully after seeing this movie, and all he had to endure, people will stop judging him, and give him the respect he deserves
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- $12.99
- Genre: Documentary
- Released: 2009
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