SummaryAtlanta hustler Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) seeks help from detective J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle) after he is suspected of being behind an armed robbery at a party during the night of Muhammad Ali's comeback fight in the limited series based on the true crime podcast of the same name.
Created By:Shaye Ogbonna
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Season 1 Premiere:
Sep 5, 2024
Metascore
Generally Favorable
72
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Oct 10, 2024
80
This is a show that is very well turned-out. But the producers recognise merely looking good is not enough to sustain a show across eight episodes, so Fight Night is stuffed full of larger than life characters and performances.
Sep 5, 2024
80
gbonna and co-showrunner Jason Horwitch have delivered an engaging, briskly paced series that uses a stacked roster to its full potential.
Sep 5, 2024
75
“Fight Night” is funny and violent and not only touches on the blatant racism of that time but has an assured grasp of ’70s styles (the feathered locks of Terence Howard — who plays a member of the mob — are a sight to behold). But it really punches above its weight when Cheadle, Hart, Jackson and Henson are onscreen.
Sep 5, 2024
75
Hudson strikes up a winning, buddy-cop rapport with the Chicken Man, and when the actor finally gets to sit across the table from Jackson, it proves to be a scintillating cop-versus-criminal showdown between two heavyweights of the screen. These inspired pairings help The Million Dollar Heist to turn the podcast’s strange true-crime tale into a compelling character drama that also effectively explores the wider-ranging cultural ramifications of its story.
Sep 5, 2024
75
The story of the robbery and the subsequent investigation makes for rich dramatic material, and with a big-name cast and a sleek, cool, period-piece look, the eight-part Peacock series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” delivers a highly entertaining albeit fictionalized version of events.
Sep 5, 2024
60
“Fight Night” flirts with a variety of styles — blaxploitation, police procedural, social drama, the buddy-cop movie — which are successful on their own terms but don’t easily cohere. And as the series gets closer to its conclusion, the plot runs farther and farther from the facts, sacrificing historicity and even plausibility for genre-film excitement and culminating with a sting that catapults matters out of the real and into the ridiculous.
Sep 5, 2024
58
At least two or three episodes too long—to the point of raising the question of why the series exists at all. The story it tells is indeed fascinating, but at heart, its intent is to prove that A-list actor and stand-up Kevin Hart has a secret well of dramatic talent. And in that respect, it’s a miss.
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6.4
57% Positive
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Oct 14, 2024
7
In 1970, Muhammad Ali won a fight in Atlanta and there was a celebration house party that ended up being robbed. The fact that major gangsters were there increased the pressure to find the culprits. This cast is loaded with top actors having a great time channeling the larger-than-life seventies version of their characters. This includes Kevin Hart (a serious role), Taraji P. Henson (his sleazy friend), Samuel L. Jackson (the crime boss), Don Cheadle (the first Black cop in Atlanta) and Terence Howard (a great wig). The series stars slowly, but once things get going, there's lots to enjoy. The Blaxploitation-style period performances are accompanied by appropriate music, great clothes, split-screen editing and cinematography to match. There are splashes of comedy, violence and racism. Like many series, this could have been shorter than 8 hours, but every episode gets more compelling and fun. This review only covers 6 of them, but I can't wait to see how it ends (based on a true story).
Production Company:
- Hartbeat Productions
- Will Packer Media
- Universal Television
- Insider Entertainment
- Studio 43
- iHeartPodcasts
Initial Release Date:Sep 5, 2024
Number of seasons:1 Season
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination
