Film Review – The Last Gladiators

Last year saw the release of “Goon,” a hockey comedy (starring Seann
William Scott and Liev Schreiber) that took special interest in the job
of the enforcer, a man recruited to provide violent protection for
players, picking fights with anyone to claim dominance on and off the
ice. It’s a genuinely funny picture with an amusing ugliness, but
there’s an undeniable dark side to the profession that wasn’t
illuminated in full. Director Alex Gibney picks up the slack with “The
Last Gladiators,” a sobering documentary on the true price of this NHL
fight club, featuring interviews with a few of its most notorious
participants. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com