I saw this movie when it came out. I was a 19-year-old kid in the Navy and despite the seemingly simple plot (that is; blue color New York tough guy becomes a boxing legend due largely to a pervasive anger), I don’t think I fully understood it. I watched again as a 58-year — who has experienced some of that rage himself — and I think I get it. And no one does New York tough guy like DiNero.
