g_williams21 Okay, I first saw footage of this very brutal and disturbing ten round assault many years ago. It was part of a documentary about cheating in sport, most of the cheating involved was trivial stuff. A footballer spitting at an opponent,a fencing bout that was rigged. And then came Billy Collins and Luis Resto. This whole story very deeply disturbed me, how an innocent young man can give so much passion and spirit to a sport he loved and then life and boxing can spit in his face. And I refer to Billy Collins NOT POOR OLD LUIS RESTO. Now, when I first heard about this documentary being made I was pleased, I thought somehow old wounds would be healed and the spirit of Billy Collins jr would finally get the respect and honour it deserved. The documentary it has to be said is quite well made, apart from some terrible editing in places,e.g Luis Resto is on his way to Nashville to apologize to Billys family and for reasons known only to him, he is laughing and smiling. Strange. The downside to this film is the blatant way it sides with Luis.Poor old Luis, why is he still being punished? Why can't he box or coach again? Because you disgraced the sport my friend. How could you pound a young mans face until blood streamed down it and he was half blind, knowing you had plaster on your fists and gloves with half the padding removed? STAY AWAY, FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING TO DO WITH BOXING, GET A JOB AND MOVE ON. The documentary seems to lay the blame of Billys death at his fathers feet, which I found disgusting. Apparently, Billys father should have let him carry on boxing (even though he was half blind) and everything would have been fine. I didn't care for that part at all to be honest. Those parts aside, it has to be said some of this documentary is engrossing, Luis meeting his trainer Panama Lewis again after all these years and demanding the truth. Come on,they all know who tore the stuffing out of those gloves, lets not be stupid here, an experienced boxer knows when padding has been removed from his gloves, he already had plaster wrapped round his knuckles. A very sad story, and I still can't believe Billy never got a penny in compensation for what happened. I am sure he would still be with us if he had. RIP Billy Collins jr

beatles0001 The scene where Resto finally admits guilt is a telling one. And part of the reason I gave it a 6. Along with the first 20 minutes. Just great story telling. The shuffling around the country of Resto was pathetic and Drack making himself the star of the show. Pathetic!! Resto is a sad case but likable in a warped way. Panama Lewis is perhaps the worst person I have ever seen on screen. He is a slim above all others. The worst ever!! Resto's sister is not sympathetic and she has too much, way too much sympathy for Resto. What he did was wrong. He isn't a hero. But at least he makes amends. Panama is so sleazy its scary. He wont accept any guilt or claim he did anything wrong.

goodfellamikec The film really starts off great as a very objective approach to what happened at the notorious Resto/Collins fight. But the film loses all credibility when the director breaks the fourth wall and starts parading Resto around.It is the cardinal sin of a documentary filmmaker to do anything but DOCUMENT. Here, the director pays to have Resto fly all over America and do something he would otherwise not do. That is not a documentary. That is "reality" television.Furthermore, his constant harassment of Billy Collins family is very uncomfortable. When a subject doesn't want to be interviewed, LEAVE THEM ALONE. There is nothing entertaining about watching a filmmaker bother someone until the police are called. It's something I would expect from network news, not a serious documentary filmmaker.It's really such a shame because the film had a lot of promise. I won't say it's completely a waste of time, but I felt the filmmaker could have made a great film without Resto's guilt parade.

greg843451 Is this what constitutes documentary film-making? A non-story revisited. I'm sure the "director" figured the story of an uneducated immigrant athlete beaten down by the powers above would make for an interesting story, too bad the facts got in the way. Nice try Drath Vader. The film's focus Louie Resto, seems to be in over his head in every situation he has ever encountered. In Resto's case, allowing this reality show producer/pariah to follow him around, reshaping his past and the facts, was monetarily beneficial, but morally bankrupt. The "confrontation" between Resto and his former manager, may have been the saddest misuse of the documentary format. Not everyone who wants to tell your story to the world should be trusted.