2023  Sony Pictures

Rated:  PG-13

Length:  2 hr  9min

Biography ~ Drama ~ True Story

Directed by:  George Tillman Jr

Starring:  Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews, John Magaro, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Sonja Sohn and Forest Whitaker.

“Anger was my answer to everything. I couldn’t stop myself from fighting. It was the only thing I did well.”

Khris Davis stars as George Foreman in this True Story Biopic about his life and career as a World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Starting with his poverty stricken life in Houston, Texas growing up with six brothers and sisters. George was a troubled youth who was quick to anger and fight, frequently ending up in trouble. At 16 George decides to join the Job Corps to get himself out of the neighborhood trouble and turn his life around. It is there that he meets a man that will change his life.

Having gotten into a fight and facing expulsion from the Job Corps, Doc Broadus (Forest Whitaker), a boxing trainer, convinces George to channel his anger into the sport of Boxing. Doc takes George under his wing and seeing the incredible raw talent he possesses, grooms him for competition. He quickly excels and wins the gold medal for the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He goes on to win more bouts and rises very quickly in the sport, winning a bout with Joe Frazier in 1973.

George goes on to fight Muhammad Ali in THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE in 1974 and loses to Muhammad. Ultimately they become very close friends for the rest of their lives. From the bottom living in poverty as a child, to rising to the top of the Boxing World, BIG GEORGE FOREMAN chronicles every step of his journey.

There was a reason they called him Big George Foreman, even as a child, George was big. And as he grew into a young adult and started working out he became a very powerful physical force to be reckoned with in the ring. Here is a man who rose from nothing, gained the world, lost it all, and gained it back. Refusing to take it lying down no matter how great the odds. From near death, a divorce, losing all he gained monetarily thanks to a shady business manager, naming his children all George Foreman, becoming a preacher, the Foreman grill, this movie covers it every step of the way.

It is a great story and a great movie and you know I love the True Story Movies. I have seen it three times and still love watching it. Khris Davis as George Foreman, Sullivan Jones as Muhammad and Forest Whitaker as Doc Broadus are really good in this. I really like this movie…..alot. And I AM NOT A BIG BOXING FAN!, this movie is more about the life and trials of George, and it is a fascinating look at his journey.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

TWO THUMBS UP!!