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Throughout his almost 500 games as a professional footballer, Michael Owen had seen it all on the pitch.
After leaving Liverpool's academy, the pacy striker quickly became one of English football's brightest prospects, scoring 23 goals in his first full season at Anfield.
The teenager quickly became a key figure at international level and scored one of England's most famous goals with a sensational individual goal against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup.
Owen would score over 200 goals in all competitions throughout his 17-year professional career before becoming involved in his other sporting passion, horse racing.
However, one thing the 45-year-old doesn't like so much is the world of the big screen.
In 2014, Owen infamously claimed on the social media platform then known as Twitter that he had been forced to endure a movie on a long flight back from China.
Michael Owen was tasked with giving his verdict on the only eight films he claims to have seen.
The former Liverpool star infamously expressed his disdain for the big screen on social media
But it seems the 45-year-old has a soft spot for the 1984 martial arts classic The Karate Kid.
He wrote: 'I watched my eighth film on the flight home. He must have been bored. #HateMovies.'
Owen later claimed that there were only a handful of films he had reluctantly watched throughout his life.
'Rocky, Heat, Ghost, Jurassic Park, Cool Runnings, Seabiscuit, Karate Kid, Forrest Gump.' He added.
In a recent interview shared on the Premier League's social channels, Owen was tasked with doing his best Barry Norman impression and reviewing the limited selection of films he has seen.
In charge of giving his verdict on Sylvester Stallone's 1976 Academy Award-winning classic Rocky.
'Oh, Rocky 1? “That was average,” he said. “They improved with Rocky's, I'll give it 3 out of 10.”
When asked his opinion on the 1995 crime drama Heat, Owen responded: “You know I've only seen a handful of movies and you played them well.”
'Heat, I'll pick five out of ten.'
Other beloved films fared even worse with the former Man United and Real Madrid star, with Seabiscuit receiving just a four out of ten.
1984's The Karate Kid was the only film labeled “good” by Owen, giving the first installment in the martial arts franchise an eight.