Fighting (2009)
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Critic Consensus: Though Fighting has a likable lead performer, and the fight scenes are impressive, the paper-thin plot ultimately unravels.
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as Shawn MacArthur
as Harvey Boarden
as Evan
as Martinez
as Zulay
as Ajax
as Ray Ray
as Z
as Christopher Anthony
as Jack Dancing
as Jack Dancing
as Stockbroker Jerry
as Trader Jim
as Alba Guzmán
as Lila
as Kimo's Girl
as Kimo
as Roommate Sal
as Fine Claudette
as Jun Seoul
as Dragon Le
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Critic Reviews for Fighting
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The tell-it-as-it-is title hardly indicates anything out of the ordinary, but this bare-knuckle boxing flick is put together with more love than you'd expect.
The fights may not be very convincing, but the story's underdog structure is satisfying in a happy-cliché sort of way. Fighting is Rocky without the bombast, Fight Club without the daft metaphysical pretensions.
This is a story we've seen dozens of times before.
There's an effective, unstylized authenticity to those fights. A life or death mania, which enhanced the film's credibility.
Fighting arrives fully charged by the charisma of its star, Channing Tatum.
There's a better movie inside it struggling to get out.
Audience Reviews for Fighting
Two gorgeous men with their tops off. What more could you ask for? There is also a really nice story and a genuinely great film. A must see!
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This movie was okay, I kinda liked it. The acting was just okay, and Channing Tatum is one of the great new rising stars. The concept was good, but the way they do it wasnt bad, but strange. Their were moments in the movie where Tatum would randomly run into aquantinces in the biggest city in America, WTF? In the end I enjoyed the movie, but it still was far from great.
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An ok fighting film about the underdog on the rise. It's a well made and put together film with some good actors. However I have to say it hasn't got very good fight choreography!! Most of the fights are random brawls, cage fight style mixed disciplines....and don't last that long. There isn't a lot of build up to the fights either in terms of tension or training. Overall an ok watch but I thought Never back down was a similar plot film done much better.
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