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Tournament | Prison
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Theatrical Best Actor | 2003 | Wesley
Worst Supporting Actor | 2002 | Peter
Budget 20,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 14,946,150 USD
Ving Rhames had spent two years getting in shape for another movie role biopic about a boxing legend, but when that fell through, this script caught his eye, and he simply resumed his training for this film.
Wesley Snipes objected to Miramax's demand to do a scene that would make his character more sympathetic.
Walter Hill took the treatment to Wesley Snipes, who was interested in the story even before it had been turned into a script. "I told him it was conceivable that he could play either (lead) role, but what will not change is the fight and who wins in the end." Hill said. Hill then sent the script to Ving Rhames, who called back the next day saying he wanted to play "Iceman"; Snipes was happy to play the other role.
Wesley Snipes worked out with boxing trainer Emanuel Steward to prepare for his role in the film. Steward is in the International Boxing Hall of Fame for training boxers like Thomas Hearns and Lennox Lewis.
Walter Hill had always wanted to make a boxing film, being a fan of the sport since he was young. "Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing, are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing, and not a metaphor."
"Mendy Ripstein: [after getting to know the fight has been cancelled] Jesus fuckin' Christ! This fuckin' state. Who the fuck does this fuckin' warden... fuckin' think he is? Doesn't anybody know how to do business in this fuckin' state? My fuckin' wife and her fuckin' asthma and allergies. We had to move to the fuckin' desert. Goddamn fuckin' chickenshit doctors... I should've known better than listen to those shitheels. Fuckin' Palm Springs... Lay there in the fuckin' sun and do nothin'. Then this fuckin' state grabs my ass for taxes. Why the fuck I didn't stay in fuckin' Florida... where people know how to do fuckin' business. Fuckin' wife and her fuckin' asthma. Shit! Somethin' needs to get fuckin' done..."
"Monroe Hutchens: He's a fighter, I'm a fighter, if I'm better on that day, I win. That's just the way it goes. Someday, every fighter loses. Sooner or later, somebody comes along and they got your ticket. Too old, just wasn't your day, whatever the reason is. In the end, everybody gets beaten. The most you can hope for is that you stay on top a while. Be the best."
