Any Given Sunday (DVD)

I thought it would be the right time to review one of my favourite sports films. Any Given Sunday was made in 1999 with an all star cast featuring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, and James Woods. This is directed by Oliver Stone. The film is about a team the Miami Sharks and their season. It starts when the teams all star quarterback (Cap Rooney) gets injured in a game between the Americans and gets taken out of the game. The sharks are already having a three game loosing streak and cannot afford to loose any more if they want to make the playoffs. The Americans turn the game around for themselves after being ...  Read the complete review

Any Given Sunday Plot: American Football is a funny old game, its a slightly camp version of Rugby, or is it, for Americans it means as much as real football does to us, for me this is the ultimate film about American Football, its awesome. Cap Rooney (Quaid) is a legendary Quarterback and Football legend, when a crunching hit knocks him out of the game, an unknown veteran (Foxx) finally gets his chance and seizes it with both hands, his performances light up his team and the game in general and make his coach Tony D'Amato (Pacino) question his tactics and his place in a game that is clearly changing before him. D'Amato is feeling squeezed by the ...  Read the complete review

Every now and then, a director fails to resist the temptation to bring in a load of stars, spend a lot of money and make a huge film. Oliver Stone is well known as a director for making atmospheric and hard-hitting films, and added to his love for the game of American Football, this led him to make Any Given Sunday in 1999/2000. The cutthroat world of sports politics and financial pressure are mixed with some well filmed on the field entertainment to produce a film that many have praised and many have slated. I am in the first category, but I can see why some wouldn't find this their cup of tea. The Plot Any Given Sunday follows the Miami Sharks, a ...  Read the complete review

Oliver Stone has a well deserved reputation for being an excellent director. Unfortunately with this offering he struggles to take what is a poor story and convert it into anything more than a sub-standard "TV movie". Admittedly American Football is not my forte, and that is the driving force behind this film. However, making a film which only appeals to American Football fans is surely very limiting, so i can only assume Mr Stone wanted to make this film assecible to many more than that. He failed. It has been a long time since i saw a film which didn't even have a single moment of interest within it, it's a shame this movie had to break ...  Read the complete review

First take a couple of aspirin. You'll need them. In the 80's Greed was good (Wall Street), in the 90's excess is apparantly good. The experience of watching Any Given Sunday means allowing Director Oliver Stone to orchestrate an all assault on most of your senses. You'll feel beat up and exhausted by the time the film is even half over and Stone will continue to kick you, scream at you, sucker punch you, pummel you, let a 300 pound gorilla will jump up and down on you and then drag your carcass over broken glass. Your arm will be ripped off and you'll be beaten severally with it. You'll somehow be turned inside out and salt will ...  Read the complete review