Movie

The Great White Hype

42%Critics24 reviews35%Audience162 reviews

4.9757average critics score, out of 1019961h 30mR

Comedy

Boxing promoter the Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) decides the best way to revive public interest in his top client's matches is to create a white challenger to his black champion, James The Grim Reaper Roper (Damon Wayans). With no white boxers available, he creates one out of dim grunge rocker Terry Conklin (Peter Berg), who once defeated Roper at an amateur match. But while Conklin trains hard, Roper slacks off, endangering Sultan's carefully staged comeback.

Directed by:

Reginald Hudlin