Fighting

Name: Fighting
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Released: April 24, 2009
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Channing Tatum, Luis Guzmán, Terrence Howard

2009

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Rogue Pictures | Release Date: April 24, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Channing Tatum, Luis Guzmán, Terrence Howard

Summary: 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 street-fighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership. (Rogue Pictures)

Director: Dito Montiel

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sport

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Wesley Morris

Fighting has real grit and excellent acting. In other words, there is gold in that dirt. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Fighting arrives fully charged by the charisma of its star, Channing Tatum, who has landed the lead in the upcoming "G.I. Joe." Read full review

Roger Ebert

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. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

As its defiantly bland title suggests, Fighting is a bare-bones effort that tries just hard enough to keep us watching. By making good use of its New York setting, Montiel does bring a certain indie grit to the generic story. Read full review

Roger Moore

The director plays a visual game of three card monte on us for this silly, weakly acted and yet sometimes entertaining variation on the “Big Fight” movie formula. Read full review

Andrea Gronvall

Authentic locations and careful attention to detail help evoke several New York boroughs in all their gritty vitality, but the screenplay about a hunky street vendor turned underground fighter is sloppy and false. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Fighting seriously lacks punch. Read full review

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WinstonL

May 6, 2009

This was one of the most intense movies I've seen...I loved it!

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terrypattison

Jun 13, 2014

I didn't expect to enjoy this film, but I did. Not the predictable storyline, but the characters. I actually enjoyed the way every one of the actors played their parts - and that's not something you can say of many movies. I'm sure the director can take a lot of the credit for the way theI didn't expect to enjoy this film, but I did. Not the predictable storyline, but the characters. I actually enjoyed the way every one of the actors played their parts - and that's not something you can say of many movies. I'm sure the director can take a lot of the credit for the way the nuanced performances made a quite enjoyable film from what was probably a terrible script, but I still liked all the characters, right down to the love interests' elderly relation. This is a bad movie made into an enjoyable one by the people who made it.… Expand

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jimmytancredi

Jul 24, 2011

Fighting is a film that tries desperately to be relevant in any way, but it is only a weak action film punctuated by some good ideas in the script. The film tells the story of Shawn MacArthur, a young man lost in life after a fight in a square is contacted by an agent that helps him makingFighting is a film that tries desperately to be relevant in any way, but it is only a weak action film punctuated by some good ideas in the script. The film tells the story of Shawn MacArthur, a young man lost in life after a fight in a square is contacted by an agent that helps him making money in illegal fights.
With an outcome of the head just wrong (as The Man Who Copied, for example), Fighting is a film that shows that the end had interesting characters and was supposed to be a good movie, and itâ… Expand

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TavoG

Aug 31, 2009

How is this movie getting halfway decent reviews? Worst movie I have seen since the last Indiana Jones movie.

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BobV.

Apr 24, 2009

This movie was absolutely terrible.

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Jack

May 3, 2009

This movie was one of the worst films I've ever seen. And I've seen Wicker Man. I was physically ill after watching this terrible excuse for cinema.

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Vorlargen

Mar 20, 2012

Unwatchable. Bad story, bad acting, bad fight corry. I knew it was time to stop watching when I caught myself reading something else with the movie going in the background.

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