The stunning vitality and passion of this film arises not only from the high-voltage personalities involved (especially Ali and King) but from the way they galvanized political and ethnic pride among the people of the poor West African nation.

Russell Smith

Austin Chronicle

Gast does a nice job of building the suspense leading up to the fight, fleshing out the story with some good color commentary by a handful of people (filmed by director Taylor Hackford, who wisely convinced Gast that these reminiscences and remarks would fill in some historical gaps).

Reece Pendleton

Chicago Reader

It is a new documentary of a past event, recapturing the electricity generated by Muhammad Ali in his prime.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times