Split Decisions

When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.

Cast

Gene Hackman

as Dan McGuinn

Craig Sheffer

as Eddie McGuinn

Carmine Caridi

as Lou Rubia

Jennifer Beals

as Barbara Uribe

Jeff Fahey

as Ray McGuinn

John McLiam

as Pop McGuinn

Eddie Velez

as Julian 'Snake' Pedroza

James Tolkan

as Benny Pistone

David Labiosa

as Rudy

Harry Van Dyke

as Douby

Reviews

kevin2019

"Split Decisions" has a very heavy reliance upon a selection of stereotypes we have seen countless times before and there is more than a faint whiff of "Rocky" (1976) wafting around in the air - in the best possible way of course. And even though you spend much of the running time negotiating the ga...

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