Rotten
In its present form, it comes across as a rather unpleasant and only fitfully absorbing film of social protest.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Big Man
Nothing hits as hard as the things that are really worth fighting for...
1990 · 1h 56m · R
Drama
Directed by
David Leland
Overview
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Leland and scriptwriter Don Macpherson have made one of Britain's finest existential thrillers in ages.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Beginning with Mr. Neeson, every member of the cast is as good as the circumstances allow.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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