What is it about boxing that makes great films? Two men beating themselves senseless seems to take on a grander symbolism when put on film, and the struggle between the ropes can be seen to represent almost any larger conflict, even if it’s the one inside the fighter him(or her)self. In Michael Ritchie’s Diggstown the director forgoes much of the brutal metaphor of other films as the boxing matches serve to carry out the promise of a slow moving (though sweatily entertaining) first half. James Woods stars as con man Gabriel Caine, who travels to Diggstown, Georgia (with his partner
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