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Now, no longer able to show us who he is, he has to be content with talking about who he was. Director James Toback lets him talk. Virtually the entire film is a one-on-one interview… with Tyson speaking candidly about his childhood, his mentor, sex, fame, regrets, philosophy, fears, etc. There’s a strong sense that there was a great deal of missed opportunity in his life which is strange coming from a man who was at the apex of his sport and who still looms so large over the boxing world.