Thursday, May 14, 2009
Uncategorized Tyson goes head-to-head with Iron Mike
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM
James Toback’s Tyson gives audiences the chance to go a few rounds with Iron Mike. Fortunately, the documentary doesn’t require you to pull on boxing gloves and get into the ring with the former heavyweight champ. His jackhammer punches would no doubt reduce your physique to the consistency of a strawberry smoothie in seconds.
Instead, Toback coaxes such candid, reflective conversations from his subject that the film resembles a 90-minute stream-of-consciousness monologue in the fighter’s trademark, high-pitched lilt. Tyson becomes a kind of arena that forces you to engage with the ex-boxer and convicted rapist, to examine your feelings about Mike Tyson’s triumphs, misdeeds and unsettling personal beliefs. Effortlessly interspersed with clips of bouts and old interviews, Tyson proves far more confrontational than most authorized bio-docs by putting you inside the fighter’s head.
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