Watching the two
aging actors step back into the ring decades later is not only embarrassing for them, but the audience as well, particularly when the movie is built around a bunch of unfunny old geezer jokes and lame callbacks to their respective boxing characters.
Not exact matches
Adam Sandler — Golden Globe - nominated
actor, Adam Sandler, took his first
step towards becoming a stand - up comedian when he spontaneously took the stage at a Boston comedy club at the
age of 17.
His breakthrough turn in 2006's
Step Up showcased his history as a free - style street dancer, while his standout work in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints — a Sundance coming - of -
age drama from earlier that same year — hinted at an
actor whose radiant sweetness was ready to be exploited by the violence indicated by his body (the perfect equation for a contemporary action star).