When We Were Kings (1996)
"The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle."
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 90%
(RT: 98%, MC: 83) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Muhammad Ali as Self
George Foreman as Self
Don King as Self
B.B. King as Self
Mobutu Sese Seko as Self
Norman Mailer as Self
Is When We Were Kings good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 264 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 90%.
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Overview
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King. Wikipedia ↗
