F.I.S.T.

It was good dvd

This is truly a great movie adaption of the Hoffa era. Not to repeat others positive reviews as I agree with each one, there is something I must point out. This is NOT the complete movie being offered.I recall watching this movie in the 80s. At that time, the movie contained footage prior to the main opening which included the death of Johnny Kovack's father and the employer's lack of benefits as the result of his death. This scene is missing.Another missing scene is Johnny Kovack meeting his board members, specifically telling them to stop spending money " no more bahamas in Winter!".I don't know if anyone else knows what I mean by these two scenes, but knowing that they existed makes me disappointed that with each release (VHS, DVD, Bluray), this movie is STILL NOT COMPLETE.Despite the missing scenes, this is still a great movie and definitely not one to be missed, particularly if you are a Sylvester Stallone fan. Other movies around this time that were great he was in were The Lords of Flatbush and Capone. Don't miss these movies either.

Good movie

Terrific movie with Sylvester Stallone!

This movie was recommended to me for some research I'm doing on the Teamsters Union and it was excellent. Somehow I don't think it was a big production in the 80s and/or I just wasn't aware of it at the time. But it's worth viewing to see how the Teamsters (thought this is a very loose translation of what really happened so they are called FIST Union) helped shape the benefits of U.S. workers today in a positive way. S. Stallone plays a version of Jimmy Hoffa getting involved with the mob and his demise.

Saw this as a kid and thought that I'd like to see it again. Not available on demand so I had to buy a disk. It was not as good as I remembered but kept me entertained. Stalone at his gruntiest best.

What isn’t anywhere in the product description is that this a region B locked French blu ray disc that will not play on the majority of American Blu ray players.

I purchased this movie because parts of this were produced in the city of Dubuque,Iowa some 30 years ago. The movie was released after the first Rocky movie came out. Critics were lukewarm to this movie but I thought Sly Stallone gave an okay performance as Johnny Kovac, a man instrumental with the Federation of Inter State Truckers, sort of like the Teamsters. The movie follows Kovac in his years working in a loading dock,followed by a strike and the eventual leadership of his union into the 1950's to his death. Good acting but too bad the movie didn't get the recognition it deserved.