Fresh
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.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fighting
Some Dreams Are Worth The Fight
2009 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Dito Montiel
Overview
Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.
Director and cast
- Dito Montiel Director
- Channing Tatum as Shawn MacArthur
- Terrence Howard as Harvey Boarden
- Zulay Henao as Zulay Valez
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Jack Dancing
- Brian J. White as Evan Hailey
- Angelic Zambrana as Kimo's Girl
- Michael Rivera as Ajax
- Flaco Navaja as Ray Ray
- Peter Anthony Tambakis as Z
- Luis Guzmán as Martinez
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The fights may not be very convincing, but the story's underdog structure is satisfying in a happy-cliche sort of way. Fighting is Rocky without the bombast, Fight Club without the daft metaphysical pretensions.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
This is a story we've seen dozens of times before.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Fresh
There's an effective, unstylized authenticity to those fights. A life or death mania, which enhanced the film's credibility.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Fresh
Fighting arrives fully charged by the charisma of its star, Channing Tatum.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
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