Scorsese does it again in this brilliantly crafted story of boxing legend Jake La Motta. A story which shows the high's and low's of this dark but lovable champion

It's impossible to give this film anything but 5 stars.The de niro,pesci partnership is brilliant as always.One of the greatest boxing films ever.

One of the most important films of the 80s, if indeed American cinema in general, this is the film that Scorsese should have won the Oscar for. A visceral, pounding biopic of boxing champ and professional thug Jake la Motta, it's about a man who made a living beating the crap out of people in a boxing ring, but was as big a beast outside of it. De Niro gives a tranformational, electrifying performance that is now the stuff of legend, but he's matched every step of the way by Pesci and Moriarty. That Scorsese manages to make the kind of man you'd normally cross the street to avoid both fascinating and sympathetic is testament to this extraordinary director's skill.