It was a film that went largely unnoticed upon its release, and even now in this age of rampant internet usage it appears to still be under seen or sadly forgotten. The twists within, and there are some corkers, really crown what was already a smart and witty script. It's impeccably acted as well, with the Woods and Gossett play off one of the most engaging duets of the 1990s.
Based on Leonard Wise's novel "The Diggstown Ringers", the film deals in loyalties, friendships, greed, power, corruption and lies - not to mention small town mentality being under the microscope.
On the surface it looks a very simple tale, but it has so much more to offer outside of the excellent fight sequences and some belting one liners. It quickly became one of my favourite movies of all time. Since Woods is always value for money I thought I would give it a go, for the next 98 minutes I laughed out loud, I cringed at some sad moments and I punched the air on more than one occasion. The TV announcer said the name of the movie and that it stars James Woods. What I didn't know at that time of irksome sleepy annoyance was that I would fall in love with a movie, a love that lasts to this very day.
I couldn't sleep and turned the TV on out of pure frustration at a lack of sleep. Midnight Sting was one of those film's that came to my attention in the early hours of one morning. As the money goes down and secrets come out, corruption and violence is never far away. The set-up entails Caine's old friend Honey Roy Palmer (Gossett Jr) having to fight, and beat, 10 Diggstown men in one day. The plot sees Woods as con-man Gabriel Caine, recently out of prison he and his cohort Fitz (Platt), set up a boxing "sting" in Diggstown, a hickville place out in Olivair County that is run by egomaniac John Gillon (Dern). Diggstown (also known as Midnight Sting) is directed by Michael Ritchie and stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Junior, Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt, a pre-fame James Caviezel and Randall "Tex" Cobb.
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