Film Review: “The Last Fight.”

The title for this motion picture has eerie overtones. The great Salvador
Sanchez made a cameo appearance in this film. Shortly afterwards, he lost his
life in an a tragic crash. This may well have been his last fight. The movie
was dedicated to Salvador. Sadly we will never know how great he would have
become. The eighty-five minute movie was released in 1982. Ex-football star turned actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson co-stars with underrated actor Ruben Blades. Blades does a fairly good job of portraying an up and coming fighter with a nose for trouble. His gambling pushes him into debt with the Mafia, and from there, no one can help him. Blades character finally gets into the ring to face the champion who happens to be the Sanchez character. It is worth seeing the bizarre events and twisting, turning plots that lead up to the “last fight.” For what I assume was a lower budget movie, it is worth the watch. Don King, Don Dunphy and Jose Torres also make cameo stints as well as a young Anthony Sirico of Soprano’s fame.

Jim Amato can be reached at jimsboxing@zoominternet.net