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Review: 'Mike' tries to capture the drama of boxer Tyson's life. It doesn't measure up

After Muhammad Ali, there is no boxer who has made a greater mark on popular culture, for better or worse, than Mike Tyson. There were cameras trained on him when he was still a teenager, living at manager/trainer/legal guardian Cus D'Amato's house, and over the years he's been the subject of many documentaries, made with or without his cooperation. He's appeared as a cameo and occasionally a ...
Trevante Rhodes as Mike Tyson in“ Mike.”.

After Muhammad Ali, there is no boxer who has made a greater mark on popular culture, for better or worse, than Mike Tyson.

There were cameras trained on him when he was still a teenager, living at manager/trainer/legal guardian Cus D'Amato's house, and over the years he's been the subject of many documentaries, made with or without his cooperation. He's appeared as a cameo and occasionally a straight performer on television, in the movies and in music videos, most famously as the subject of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson." He's been a reliably entertaining guest on myriad late- and late-late-night talk shows. He's also mounted a one-man stage show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," directed by Spike Lee and filmed as an HBO special; raced pigeons in

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