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 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). It also features Heather Graham, Oliver Platt, a pre-fame James Caviezel and Randall "Tex" Cobb. I definitely recommend 's not an award-winning or thought-provoking type of movie, but it's a lot of fun.ĭiggstown (also known as Midnight Sting) is directed by Michael Ritchie and stars James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr. Look for Heather Graham before she became a celebrity.some things never change, though.yowsa! Oliver Platt is excellent as Cain's sidekick, Fitz.
The fights are obviously over-choreographed, but they're still better than any of the horribly unrealistic Rocky sequences. Louis Gossett does a great job and is believable as a boxer. It's a great effect and lets the audience know just how smooth Gabriel Cain is. Woods opens a bottled drink in one motion only with his thumb (twisting, not prying), right before answering one of the questions posed to him. Take for example when Woods and Dern are discussing the rules for the fight. It's pretty much a formula movie, but is well-done and has some very clever moments and one-liners thrown in to keep you interested. I've seen it a few times now, and even though I know how it ends, I still love seeing the ending over and over. If you've seen it, you know the moment at the end that I'm talking about.
Diggstown is one of the few movies that has ever made me actually cheer out loud.
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