Soul Power is the story of the legendary concert in which Don King promoted a concert full of African American soul artists. There was also a fight between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman. I walked in expecting a soulful vibe and a fun time. I walked in expecting wrong. The film is just stock footage thrown together with no real story or fun behind it. There are very few good things. One thing is that in the first half they somewhat intrigue us with the question: will this concert actually happen? In the second half, they leave that question, and basically show boring stock footage with a couple of good shots thrown in. You can tell the filmmakers aren't really trying to tell us about the concert as much as throwing stock footage together. It's a film that just leaves the audience bored. Also, I wanted less of the stock footage and more of the back story. It doesn't answer the questions I wanted it to. Muhammed Ali has a couple of good interviews, but I wanted to see more of the back story of the fight and how the fight was connected with the concert. It was just a boring movie that's essentially stock footage thrown together. This can only be described as one thing...boring.
Review of Soul Power
