Award-winning
movie legends Oscar® winner Robert De Niro ("Raging
Bull," "Silver Linings Playbook") and
Oscar® nominee Sylvester Stallone (the "Rocky"
films, "The Expendables") star as old boxing
rivals who come out of retirement for one final match.
De Niro and Stallone play Billy "The Kid"
McDonnen and Henry "Razor" Sharp, two local
Pittsburgh fighters whose fierce rivalry put them
in the national spotlight. Each had scored a victory
against the other during their heyday, but in 1983,
on the eve of their decisive third match, Razor suddenly
announced his retirement, refusing to explain why
but effectively delivering a knock-out punch to both
their careers. Thirty years later, boxing promoter
Dante Slate Jr., seeing big dollar signs, makes them
an offer they can't refuse: to re-enter the ring and
settle the score once and for all. But they may not
have to wait that long: on their first encounter in
decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an
unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes
viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their
local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now,
if they can just survive the training, they may actually
live to fight again.
