The lighter comedic moments (especially scenes with Crystal Lee) are also spot on, helping the film maintain some breathing room in the midst of all the intense physical and mental drama. This film has that inspirational jolt that you only get with a well-formed underdog story, and Nick Cheung absolutely kills it as a has been MMA fighter trying to prove himself wrong. Sure, you could list A Fighter's Blues or Born Wild as examples, but watch them again and you'll prove yourself wrong. Rocky was made in 1976, and I think 2013 was when Hong Kong finally got its first Rocky equivalent. It's a bit of a difficult task, and it's shocking that there aren't more movies like this in Hong Kong. Try naming a few Hong Kong movies that feature inspiring, realistic stories about someone overcoming adversity and making it out on top against all odds. A lot of triad movies have an underdog feel to them, but let's be honest, we're still talking about criminals here. When I first saw this movie, I was reminded of how few relatable underdog stories there were in the oeuvre of Hong Kong cinema. Maybe that's why they're so successful I'm repeating myself here, but everyone loves an underdog story. Going beyond the boxing genre, I'd argue that comic books explore the underdog story in a much more complex way, and we see that transpire on screen with superhero movies.
#Unbeatable movie movie
It's hard to watch a boxing (or more recently, MMA) movie without relating it as a 'Rocky story' in some way. While Rocky probably wasn't the first of its kind, its premise and impact on popular culture is something that underscores so much of what came after it. This is certainly true when it comes to movies, and it's even more true for movies about fighters. Its only significant miss was with SAG -and, of course, with the Academy.As the saying goes, everyone loves an underdog story. Brokeback was the winner with BAFTA, the Critics Choice, the Spirit Awards, the Globes, the DGA, PGA and WGA. Of course, the honors continued to cascade for weeks. But I couldn’t escape an unhappy feeling that this was actually the peak. Well-wishers tumbled in from the street to offer congratulations. I remember having lunch at New York’s Park Bistro with the film’s co-producer and distributor James Schamus on nominations day, January 31. With eight nominations, including three for acting and a directing nomination for Ang Lee, Brokeback led the field that year. With too many nominations, there are too many ways to “take care” of a film, while leaving the Best Picture vote for something else.īut scarier than all that, I think, is the memory of Brokeback Mountain, the disruptive gay Western that dominated the field in 2006, and lost to Crash.
So Everything’s 11 nominations, the most for any film this year, could be read as a counter-indicator. And we know how the Academy loves an underdog, or, as Oscar campaigners love to put it, “the little engine that could.” In the last 10 years, only twice has the most-nominated Oscar film - it happened with Birdman (tied for nominations with The Grand Budapest Hotel) and The Shape of Water - gone on to win Best Picture. 'All Quiet On The Western Front' Director Edward Berger Reflects On The Tough Decisions That Got Him To The Oscars: "I Had A Crisis"Īs Pete says, there are no sure things.
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