Kid’s trainer Frankie Brite (LL Cool J) is barely helping him, so he connects with B.J., who is a coach at Pitt, and gets in shape. (The Punisher himself, Jon Bernthal) before getting married to someone else. Slate decides to promote a final match between the two, called Grudgement Day, presented by Geritol.Īt the press conference, Razor sees his ex-girlfriend Sally Rose (Basinger), who cheated on him with Kid and gave birth to a son named B.J. While clad in greenscreen suits and mocap balls, the two boxers get into a huge brawl, ruining a studio and going viral when the video is posted. Razor only agrees because the $15,000 payday will cover the overdue health bills for his trainer, Lightning Conlon (Alan Arkin).

However, Kid is now a successful car dealership and bar owner who says yes right away. (Kevin Hart), wants Razor to provide the motion capture for a boxing game, but Razor won’t trust the man, as it was his Slate’s father’s bad investments that left the aging boxer destitute. Before the rubber match, Razor retires with no explanation, costing Kid a huge pay day.ĭecades later, Razor is struggling to make ends meet and working on a shipyard. Henry “Razor” Sharp (Stallone) and Billy “The Kid” McDonnen (De Niro) were both famous boxers from Pittsburgh who have one loss on each of their records - courtesy of one another. Come on, Hollywood, redd up your films and stop being such jagz n’at. And in Pennsylvania, car dealerships can’t be open on Sunday. During the national anthem scene at a monster truck rally, a Winn Dixie sign shows up.

The now PPG Paints Arena only sells RC Cola. There are so many errors, like how there are signs for Pepsi Max in CONSOL, which is untrue. Now, in Grudge Match, they play two old boxers stepping back into the ring for one more fight.Īlthough this movie is set in Pittsburgh - Kim Basinger hilariously mispronounces CONSOL several times, which I know for a fact they hate - it was really filmed in New Orleans.Īs a Yinzer, I find this incredibly upsetting.

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