Review of When We Were Kings (1996) by James B — 01 Sep 2007
It is befitting of Ali's career that despite being The Greatest his two finest moments came against Sonnie Liston and George Foreman when he was a rank outsider. The backdrop of When We Were Kings is offset with Ali's dissatisfaction with America as well as the volatile situation in Zaire.
Throughout we see Ali in top form in even his most candid moments, his charisma and prose is simply relentless. For the amount of footage accumulated in the months spent in Zaire Gast did a good job of editing it and incoporating great insight from the people involved in the fight.
James Brown and BB King put on a hell of a show, Don King is a true master of sports and character PR and George Foreman plays the brilliant fighter who cracks under Ali's genius. A fantastic document of the greatest personality of the 20th Century.
This review of When We Were Kings (1996) was written by James B on 01 Sep 2007.
When We Were Kings has generally received very positive reviews.
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