Raging Bull
15 129 mins
MyPicturehouse rating
15 129 mins
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A lacerating biopic of Jake LaMotta, the middleweight boxing champion who was known as “The Bronx Bull” and “The Raging Bull” during his brief reign.
LaMotta had early lessons in life: to steal and to fight.
He channelled his tough childhood into the ring, where his aggression became a way of combating deep-seated anxieties and emotional fears.
This determination and rage turned him from a young hoodlum into a champion. But his drive for the title, his brutality outside of the ring and his almost-psychotic sexual jealousy will destroy his marriage, his deepest friendships and the career he fought to build.