Fightville

Name: Fightville
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: April 20, 2012
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 60

2012

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MPI Media Group | Release Date: April 20, 2012 | Not Rated

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 arenasOver 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 desperate for glory and a shot at the big time. (MPI Media Group)… Expand

Director: Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Michael Nordine

Apr 16, 2012

Fightville's most worthwhile material tends to lie in the space between what its subjects say and what we know to be true. Read full review

Scott Tobias

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. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 20, 2012

Fightville, you had me at "gladiator school." Read full review

Robert Abele

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. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

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. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 16, 2012

Ready-to-order fan base certainly means exposure, but helmers Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein aren't interested in glorifying the gore of ultimate fighting as much as revealing its heart. Read full review

David Fear

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. Read full review

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