kevin_robbins Review of Diggstown

Diggstown (1992)

This isn't a perfect movie but it is a fun movie that's worth your time.

[6/10 · 27 August 2021]

Diggstown (1992) is a movie I recently watched for the first time in a long time on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a conman recently out of jail who heads to a small town to fulfill a promise to an inmate. Upon arriving he works a con job and convinces a man to make a bet on a fight where the con man's boxer could beat 10 men from the town in one night. The two scheme behind the scenes back and forth to change the odds of the outcome of the fight. This movie is directed by Michael Ritchie (Golden Child) and stars James Woods (Vampires), Louis Gossett Jr (Iron Eagle), Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight), Heather Graham (Boogie Nights), Oliver Platt (Lake Placid) and Randall 'Tex' Cobb (Raising Arizona). The acting in this is a lot of fun. Woods has some good zingers throughout the movie and Woods and Gossett have great chemistry and back and forth. There are some hilarious circumstances in this and some that are fun to see the characters navigate. The boxing match scenarios are very good and entertaining to watch unfold and the conclusion is fulfilling. This isn't a perfect movie but it is a fun movie that's worth your time. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.