Small-town boy Shawn (Channing Tatum) has come to New York City with nothing. While barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, he meets seasoned scam artist Harvey (Terrence Howard) who sees in him a natural talent for street-fighting. Harvey becomes his manager on the bare-knuckled brawling circuit.
I apologise, we feel bad, but there's no trailer available. ~Ed.
Dito Montiel has another look at the raw side of life, set in his native New York. Some great fight scenes, can't wait to see his next installment
two hours i will never get back
this movie is more 4 the age group for thes'we have seenis type of story alot b4 but overall this movie was a good watch.
All we get these days are farfetched movies frm either 1950's or wel into the 2100's. This movie is as realistic as they come i think. Stuff like that happens in USA. It was a great insight and i highly recommend it to anyone considering it.
This film was pathetic. The only reason I could really see someone watching it is that they were attracted to Channing Tatum while he repeats a violent version of "Step Up". I would say not to bother watching this film. I'm only giving it a 1 because I cant give it a 0 assuming that 1 means it has some kind of substance which it doesn't - weak.
I like the way the personalities are allowed to upstage the plot in Fighting, a routine three-act fight story that creates uncommonly interesting characters.
By the book boxing fair, but with extreme dirty fighting. Cliches abound.
In Channing Tatum, who also starred in "Saints," the film has a good-looking, magnetic hunk to draw a crowd. Terrence Howard lends the pedigree of great screen acting, and Zulay Henao adds charm and glamour.
It's not "Raging Bull" or "Fight Club," but Fighting is populated by believable losers and lovingly adorned with just the right faces and peeling wallpaper to absorb you in Montiel's world.
Not everything that happens in Fighting entirely makes sense -- it’s a fable, after all, and a fable doesn't necessarily have to -- but it breathes with a rough, exuberant realism that you rarely see in movies of its kind.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 8th Oct 2009.
Release date: October 8th 2009.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
