Fighting

2009 "Some Dreams Are Worth The Fight"
5.6| 1h45m| PG-13| en
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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.

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HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
vlad_merlenko One of the best movies about real fighting. Very realistic, with meaningful close-ups and dialogs, great emotions, subtle details, which make this film worth revisiting. For those who never stepped into the ring, "Fighting" may seem superficial but someone who fought will immediately recognize himself in Channing Tatum's character, will recall the fear, the desire to win, the hope for success. Every scene of the film is perfectly played. The supporting characters contribute amazingly to the flow of the movie.The Tatum-Howard team is one of the best fighter-promoter partnerships. Fighting is a nice self-belief story about how a will of steel can raise you from the street to the top of a sky-scraper. Thumbs up!
Aurora Moras I don't know what the deal is, but the dialogue in the movie is hard to listen! They sound terrible. I understand slang and street talk, but I don't think I've hard a proper sentence being said in the movie. It's tiring and off-putting. As for the story-line - a complete 'been there, done that', but let's not kid ourselves... No matter how many times people make this movie, if the production is right and you have a name on the movie poster, people are going to watch it. Same goes for many other stories that are being recycled over and over again. All in all, that's not something I'm holding against this flick. On the other hand, screenplay had to be better. It lacks flow. It has a lot of smudge and blur and in my opinion, this is not a movie for that kind of artistic expression or message. That alone dulls the feeling. If it was made a bit sharper, it would've been a solid thing. I feel like the whole focus was shifted on Howard and that's OK, but I don't think that the whole movie had to be made like this just to reflect the shadiness of his character. Giving it a 6 and even that is a good will gesture.
mathumphreys I saw a clip of Channing Tatum shadow boxing the pole on the train and thought that this looked promising. Unfortunately it turned out to be a very boring predictable movie with really poor dialogue and overplayed characters.Some good actors in this movie, but nothing about them or the movie itself made me want to buy in to it. It was just hard work. Essentially it was a series of average (to be honest pretty boring) fight scenes linked with a predictable, boring storyline that contained a forced and unbelievable love thread.Another example of the trailer being better than the movie.
Mariam I love movies that have any type of martial arts in it... i make it a point to try and watch them.This one had great potential... great story-line... a great plot...But OMG, the cast just showed how desperate these people are that hire them... Channum couldn't act to save his life... he was all over the place... so was 'Zulay'... there emotions, the body language and what they were saying were doing 3 very different things...Good actors get the lines and either do them justice or if it is poorly written they rearrange and make it so that it 'fits'... I was so disappointed... my 8 year old who has never acted in his life could do a better job!... it was hideous and cringing!Just because the actors are 'buff' and good looking DOESN'T necessarily mean they can ACT!Most movies like these are predictable but it is the good acting and great lines that makes the movie exciting to watch, this did none of that!If I could i would give it minus infinity.