SummaryThrough interviews with hockey’s toughest players, director Alex Gibney explores the career of Chris "Knuckles" Nilan and what it means to be an enforcer in the National Hockey League.
Directed By:Alex Gibney
Written By:Jim Podhoretz, Larry Weitzman
The Last Gladiators
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Feb 6, 2013
80
Blending archival footage and new interviews with Nilan, his family, journalists, and fellow combatants, Gibney celebrates hockey's fisticuff traditions while also recognizing how such brutality ultimately takes its greatest toll on those who perpetrate it.
Jan 31, 2013
70
[Mr. Gibney] scales down his approach considerably here, generally for the better, rather than extrapolate a theory of violence and everything.
Jan 31, 2013
63
When The Last Gladiators treats brawls like greatest-hits clips for more than half the movie, then suggests fighting is behind Nilan's decline, it feels like trying to have it both ways.
Jan 30, 2013
63
Makes room for tender moments of reflection from a guy who, against impossible odds, still managed some victories, the biggest of which may be that he's still standing.
Jan 31, 2013
40
He tells his story honestly, but with no great sense of self-awareness or insight.
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Production Company:
- Locomotion Pictures
Release Date:Feb 1, 2013
Duration:1 h 34 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Some fights never end
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