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  • 2012
  • MPI Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2012
  • MPI Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Over the past decade, Mixed Martial Arts has grown from a controversial, no-holds-barred sideshow into a billion-dollar phenomenon eclipsing boxing as the dominant combat sport in the world. Fightville shows how MMA has taken hold in the American heartland, where modern-day gladiators battle in strip mall gyms and dusty rodeo arenas desp...

Directed By: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

  • 2012
  • MPI Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2012
  • MPI Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m

Fightville

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Over the past decade, Mixed Martial Arts has grown from a controversial, no-holds-barred sideshow into a billion-dollar phenomenon eclipsing boxing as the dominant combat sport in the world. Fightville shows how MMA has taken hold in the American heartland, where modern-day gladiators battle in strip mall gyms and dusty rodeo arenas desp...

Directed By: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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0% Negative
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75
Apr 20, 2012
Fightville, you had me at "gladiator school."
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 18, 2012
The dramatic stakes are high in Fightville, and Epperlein and Tucker shine a little light on the margins of this marginalized sport.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 19, 2012
Spiked with energy and attitude, the nonfiction movie Fightville takes a fast look at a few men who, for pleasure and sometimes profit, like to smack and take down other men while practicing mixed martial arts.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 19, 2012
By the end, Fightville feels authentic about this world, where success may be measured in wins, but the balance of unrelenting brutality and self-discipline needed for those wins is a trickier equation.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 17, 2012
The language of ground-and-pound fighting remains untranslated for those not fluent in MMA, though ample space is given to the men's discussion of their individual warrior philosophies, illustrated with quotes from Nietzsche, P.T. Barnum, and Virgil.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 16, 2012
The mistake filmmakers Tucker and Epperlein (Gunner Palace) make here is assuming that fighters reveal their true characters in discussing their craft, when in fact just the opposite occurs.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 17, 2012
Fightville doesn't pummel you with outsider viewpoints - it doesn't seem to display much of a point of view at all.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Heros Film
Release Date Apr 20, 2012
Duration 1 h 25 m
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Tagline We Build Better Men.
Website http://www.fightville.net/
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