Free The Fighter
Genres: DramaSportBiogra
Starring: Christian Bale, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Dendrie Taylor, Melissa Leo, Frank Renzulli
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Director(s): David O. Russell
Country: USA
Year: 2010
IMDB Rating: 8
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer Irish Micky Wards unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KOd by drugs and crime.
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Visitors Review
(17 May 2012)
Excellent boxing movie! And a great societal movie.
I recently saw this movie and came away incredibly impressed on a number of levels. Mark Wahlberg was apparently in training to do this movie for more than 4 years and it really showed as he was incredibly good when it came to the boxing technique that he showed. It felt as if you were watching a real boxer and nothing felt fake about it. Another part of the movie that was quite authentic was the depiction of Lowell, MA as a city. Coming from the Boston area, I can say that it was quite good. The 7 sisters who were shown were totally hilarious---a real good look at what it is like for a family that has no options and has to stay home, essentially hang around, and depend on one person to be the primary earner. Another great part of the movie was the underlying theme of crack addiction and what it can do not just to a person but to a family. Overall a very solid movie and very worthwhile to see.
jtmytake3 (16 May 2012)
David O Russell and Mark Wahlberg's gritty story of boxer Micky Ward
The Fighter which is based on a true story of 'Irish' Micky Ward(Wahlberg) a boxer who came to notoriety in the late 80's after beingtrained by his older brother local legend Dickie Eklund (playedsuperbly by Bale) who's claim to fame was a title fight with Sugar RayRobinson. The story is set in gritty working class Lowell,Massachusetts and depicts the tale of Micky Ward a could of been,almost has been boxer who is trying to break into the higher echelonsof the boxing world with the help of his trainer and half brotherDickie Eklund and his mother and manager Alice Eklund (Melissa Leo).Unfortunately after his latest mismatch with a recently released prisoninmate and a run in with the local law enforcement trying to save hisbrother from a beating at their hands Micky's right hand is broken andhe is all set to give up on his dream. However after his brother isincarcerated for several criminal offences which include impersonatinga police officer, Micky temporarily breaks ties with his family inorder to gain another stab at his boxing dream without the help of hisinterfering mother and crack addicted brother. He manages to gainrespect in the boxing world and is soon given the opportunity for atitle bout after beating the number one contender.This is a really deft piece from David O. Russell (Three Kings) and itis in no small part down to the driving force of Mr Wahlberg who hasbeen trying to get this movie made for about six years and serves asproducer. Wahlberg trained with some of the best in the businessincluding legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao and this shows in the boxingscenes which are strikingly realistic with Walhberg trading real blowsto add authenticity to this piece. Wahlberg gives a solid performanceas the would be champion whose dogged determination is akin toWalhlberg's desire to bring this story to the silver screen. Thesupporting cast are excellent with stand out performances from AmyAdams as Micky's devoted girlfriend and Leo as the loving andcontrolling mother. However it is Bale who really shines in his role asthe crack addicted has been legend who grasps on to an almost forgottenpast with both hands. His gritty portrayal of this down troddencharacter is the surprise of this movie especially as he came into therole after Brad Pitt and Matt Damon both had to turn down the role. Iwouldn't be to surprised if he gets a nod in the supporting actorcategory with the oncoming award season upon us. The Fighter is acompelling Rockyesque story of a man who fights against themachinations of his own tawdry existence just as hard as he has tofight his opponents in the ring....true irony!!
(14 May 2012)
One of the greatest movies
This movie was awesome, I saw it the first day it came out in theaters as I was reading the biography on Micky Ward, Irish Thunder. This movie is a very accurate portrayal of the life and dysfunctional family of the hard-working hard hitting Micky Ward. A great movie that I can relate to both Micky and Dicky Eklund in that I have had a struggle with drugs that landed me institutionalized and got off the drugs and now am participating in MMA and Boxing. Overall I would reccomend this movie to anybody and everybody who is 16 and above as there is a good amout of drug use and some sexual content. But remember this movie is Very true to the life of Micky Ward and his family. 5 Stars! Pick this one up you will feel inspired!
(13 May 2012)
NOT Just Another Rocky Movie
Enjoyable because it's NOT just Rocky XV. Its more than a David vs Goliath story. The story-line of the family stress outside the ring carries the movie.
Dharmendra Singh (12 May 2012)
Bale is wonderfully baleful; Wahlberg is as common as Wal-Mart
Action Man Mark Wahlberg and actor Christian Bale play real-life boxinghalf-brothers 'Irish' Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund. Dicky, once a decentprospect, now trains the ageing Micky, but has fallen into a grim worldof drugs and debauchery. He clings on pitifully to his one, probablyapocryphal, boast  that he knocked down 'Sugar' Ray Leonard. Underpressure from his feuding family, Micky is experiencing a losing streakand wonders whether his heart is still in it.Credit to both men for how they immerse themselves in their roles.Wahlberg exercised for several years  because filming dates kept beingpostponed  and has come out as muscled as a Belgian Blue bull. Baleshed much weight  which he annoyingly does so easily  and adopts aslurring, simpering diction to portray his baleful character.There's no triumphalism, which came as a surprise; no hair-raisinganthem; and no excessive scenes of impossible training regimes.Director David O'Russell went for the low-key approach, using light anddark humour to full, sometimes over-, effect.Even though it may have been true to life, the domestic scenes wereover the top. Likewise, I found it odd that one minute Dicky wasdrugged up, delaying Micky's training and the next he was lucid,literally running back to his brother. Films as entertainments aren'tsupposed to retell real stories verbatim: making a documentary wasalways an option.The boxing scenes, however, were masterly. Not an exaggeration: Iactually noticed myself move to dodge hooks and escape uppercuts. I'llsay that Wahlberg was sweet in this film. But I never believe him whenhe's not a thug.Welshman (though he prefers the term 'Londoner') Christian Bale is onemain reason why I go to the movies. Not yet forty, he has givenpowerhouse performances in 'American Psycho', 'The Machinist', 'HarshTimes' and 'Rescue Dawn'. And that's without mentioning he is Batman.His misfortune is that he near kills himself to prepare for filmsunworthy of his efforts. Sadly, 'The Fighter' again shows him to be ina class above everyone else in this pedestrian story.Whilst this film goes some way to reassure us that the boxing genreisn't quite defunct, it doesn't rekindle the power of the first two'Rocky' films, or the schmaltzy charm of Ron Howard's 'Cinderella Man'.It's somewhere in the middle.www.scottishreview.net
(12 May 2012)
GREAT MOVIE
This review is from: The Fighter (DVD) This is a great movie. I would recommend this movie to everyone to watch. Mark and Christian really play their parts well in the movie.
Quantumorganization007 (12 May 2012)
Mark Wahlberg is outstanding, Amy Adams is hot, Christian Bale is phenomenal, and "The Fighter" is a must see winner!
This is a must see movie, and I don't know if it came out too late inthe year to get an Oscar nomination, but if this movie should benominated, it should be for best supporting actor for Christian Bale.his performance as Dickie Ecklund was phenomenal, and funny. It was avery different role for him, especially from Batman and his othermovies. His portrayal of Ecklund was also very funny. It didn't feellike it was Christian Bale playing him. Mark Wahlberg was outstanding as "Irish" Mickey Ward. I wouldn't saythat his performance was as good as Bale's, but it was damn well upthere from his role in "The Departed." After seeing him make a few badand mediocre movies (Happening, Max Payne, date Night, Lovely Bpnes toname a few. I will say he was funny in The Other Guys so that was kindaa bounce back for him), he needed a great performance like this. Ithink he looked like the real Mickey from when Ward was younger, and henailed it in this one. I never had heard of Amy Adams till I saw Night at the museum 2 (don'tsee that, thats a bad movie) and she never really struck me as the"pretty, hard-nosed" type. But jeez, she blew me out of the water inthis movie. Her performance as Charlene was great as well. I think shewas the weakest of the three main leads, but she is a promising youngactress with a bright future of films ahead of her."The Fighter" knocks out so many other films this year and is a realwinner. Flat out all the way through. This is a must see!
(11 May 2012)
Good, but only because of Bale
I am writing this review as a casual boxing movie fan. Having seen all of the offerings over the past decade or so, this movie was entertaining in comparison only because of Christian Bale's excellent representation of the would-be champ who (tripped) knocked down Sugar Ray. He nails the quirky and witty remarks & mannerisms of Micky Ward's brother, Dicky. Wahlberg's performance is essentially a mail-in ... he fits the role well, but seemed uninspired. This is coming from someone who typically enjoy's Mark Wahlberg's movies, too. Amy Adams plays the (at first) hard-to-get bar maid and eventual love interest of Micky. Obviously, the movie is more about the messed up Ward family dynamics and the love/(not quite) hate relationship between two brothers carving their niche in the boxing world. Overall, 4 stars ... something for both men & women in the movie.
(10 May 2012)
yeah this was just a good movie... start to finish
I'm no film critic, and you can critique the dvd sound/picture quality on your own review, but this film really is pretty good from my perspective. For one actors, play their roles to a T. (SMALL SPOILER ALERT, I'm warning you not because its a twist, but you may just rather see the film for yourself) It's hard not to appreciate Bale as a crazy drug addict. While largely dramatic it was also really a lot of fun to watch. Overall, the movie was very well done. As for the main character's family and his girl friend the situation easily seemed to be a believable one considering how their drama just draws you in and tells you its occurring as you watch the film. Mark Wahlberg's girl friend, Charlene, in the film was probably one of the most interesting aspects. While Mark Wahlberg is being held down and bossed around by his family, she just comes into play and tries to separate him from his family to the point where its not really a matter of helping him defend himself and do what's best for him, but rather acting somewhat self righteously elitists all the while having good intentions. While his family definitely seems to have a rougher and more corrupt background, both the family and the girl have legitimate good reasons to hate one another, so it's really not about being a hero, but rather just simply trying to move along and do what's best for everyone. The ending result was where the movie really seemed to show its true nature.(SPOILER ALERT END)The music, camera sighting and story, and pretty much every aspect of the film were great to watch. Long story short, if you don't really want to watch it and feel like it's going to be a boring over rated artsy film that'll be more pretentious than actually good at drawing the viewers' attention in the right ways, I would suggest you reconsider and watch it anyway. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Steve Pulaski (10 May 2012)
A cast of champs
The Fighter is one of those films that after you watch it you feelalmost that you lived it. It has a quality very few films have. Somefilms like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Sex and the City 2 make you feellike you're watching a poorly written film or are just staring atcharacters that you have no desire to watch. The Fighter has the rightamount of intensity, realism (which it should), and a great cast toseal the deal.While I haven't seen The King's Speech, I can say Colin Firth has somehefty competition as he better win me over as Prince Albert. Because asof now, its looking like Wahlberg should've deserved it. My goal is towatch all the Best Picture nominees of The Oscars before June, my setdeadline. Franco was good, Eisenberg was great, but Wahlberg is acharacter in this film.The plot: Welterweight boxer Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) struggles to make aname for himself as he tries to fight his way to fame. His big mouthed,former crackhead brother Dicky (Bale) is his trainer and his mother,played by the fabulous, well deserving Oscar winner Melissa Leo is hismanager.Mickey is constantly babied and spoon-fed by his mother who feels thatif someone isn't family they're not worth their time. Her personalitycomes forth when Mickey is offered to be trained in Vegas. Of courseanyone would jump at the opportunity, but Mickey's uptight family (withthe exception of his dad) refuses to let him.That is until Mickey meets a lovely young bartender named Charlene(Adams) who is Mickey's girlfriend. She encourages him to stand up forwhat he wants to do, only to be named "an MTV girl" by Mickey's ninesisters.It's a thrill I got to see The Fighter for a low price on Xbox Live'sZune. It's something that is well worthy of the title "a must seefilm." The end was a tiny bit disappointing, but not everything isperfect. Everything has a flaw. I cheered a little for Mickey, but Ifelt that something else should've happened at the end. Like RagingBull had a little bit of a "wow" moment at the end. The Fighter doesn'thave an ending that is truly shocking.Regardless, it doesn't drag the film down a whole lot. Wahlberg isfantastic, Bale is wonderful, Leo is powerful, just powerful, and Adamsis one of the strongest female leads of 2010. She gets into her role asCharlene and just hits everything spot on. It seems after doing badromantic comedies she finally hit the jackpot.Director David O. Russell's documents one of the most gripping fightingfilms in my recent memory, and ranks up with Scorsese's Raging Bull.The action on screen is great and The Fighter is an all aroundenjoyment.Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams.Directed by: David O. Russell.
khan2705 (10 May 2012)
Outstanding movie with superb performances. i love Bale ;p
A look at the early years of boxer Micky Ward and his brother, whohelped train him before going pro in the mid '80s.a gritty sports / boxing drama, loved this movie. it deserves all theapplaud it is getting and all the nominations and wins. an excellentlymade movie. i was so waiting for it, the buzz that was created made oneof the most anticipated movie of the year for me and also the reasonwas Christian Bale in it. i love him. i am not actually interested insports dramas but this one was amazing. not a masterpiece or extremelyexcellent but just excellent movie. could have been slight better butit is awesome even know.Cristian Bale is just unbelievably excellent in this movie, anoutstanding fabulous and a complete transformation performances thatdeserves multiple awards. he was just so good in his supportingcharacter, playing the brother of Mark. he is excellent. its actuallyMark Wahlberg's movie but Bale steals the show completely. MarkWahlberg even is good but not excellent, he could have performed littlebit more good than what he did now. but he did a good job. Melissa Leowho plays the role of their mother is just out of this world, amazing.one of the very best performance of the year. Amy Adams was very goodtoo. so this movie belonged to the actors, movie of the actors, a moviewith best ensemble and best performances. amazing.talking about direction which was superb, i am surprised by thepotential talent of Mr David O. Russel, he was terrific. Screenplay wasgood but could have been slightly better. editing was good notexcellent. a good movie which took me by surprise as i liked it. Go seeit.
eric_canalla (09 May 2012)
"make me wanna holler the way they do my life"
Right now, everybody knows what's the deal with The Fighter. Everybodyknows about the performance of Christian Bale. Everybody knows that heis the one who steals the film. Hell, everybody knows that he will winthe Oscar for best supporting actor in a couple of weeks. He isfantastic indeed, and I will just add that for me was really remarkablehow Bale gains you when the runtime of the movie doesn't even marks 10seconds. It's great, I was like "well everybody was right, Bale isdoing something truly remarkable here". I just loved his performance.And that clip during the closing credits showing the real-life DickyWard (Bale's character. He is the older brother of the main character)sort of gives *even* more value to Bale's performance as you can seethat he really got Dicky. I saw this one a week ago, a week after I saw for the very first timeThe Basketball Diaries (1995). Two movies that might be nice companionpieces as they deal with the same subjects: sports, drug addiction andfamily. And Mark "Marky Mark" Wahlberg is in both. The BasketballDiaries goes as the one that presents the "downfall" kind of story andhere we have a movie about the rise to success. Here the maincharacter, Wahlberg's Micky Ward (yes, Bale steals the movie but not bymuch as Wahlberg is AMAZING too, making of Micky a truly great andhugely likable main character. Definitely one of the high-points of hisacting career), grows in every way during the course of the picture.The problems come from the outside, well, from his very own family tobe exact. There we have the "downfall" story with Dicky, once a localhero of boxing but now the subject of an HBO documentary about crackcocaine addiction. So there we have the drug addiction thing, thefamily issues. The Fighter is, as some other IMDb users have said, acrowd-pleasing picture. It's really well constructed, having characterslike the ones of Melissa Leo and Amy Adams (the mother and girlfriendof Micky) that really help in order to create the kind of perfectcrowd-pleasing picture: with characters you really care for andpowerful moments full of emotion moments like when the little knownsong by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Strip My Mind" (I was like "I knowthis song"! it was a really pleasant surprise to hear it here. Also,loved that the soundtrack features classic rock tunes like LedZeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" and the Rolling Stones' "Can't YouHear Me Knocking"!), appears (when is like the new beginning for ourmain character) are the ones that due to the great emotion presentedreally got me. I'm getting really corny but, thankfully, the movienever does that. Great stuff.
(08 May 2012)
Solid but hardly revelatory
3.4 stars I enjoyed this film, but as with last year's wrestling flick with Mickey Rourke, I wasn't blown away as so many others were. First off, despite the accompanying making-of doc showing how much Wahlberg trained to be a believable fighter for this, I just don't buy him as a boxer of this calibre. He's too slow and just doesn't feel like a contender. I've watched fights since the early '70s and know a great fighter, or even a reasonable facsimile; Marky Mark ain't one of 'em. Even Will Smith as Ali was more believable. Second, Bale is good but once again I just couldn't buy him as the crackhead he's supposed to be. I live around a lot of crackheads, watch them walk by my place daily and have seen thousands come and go over the last decade...and Bale just don't pass. He feels like an actor, as does Wahlberg. And this feels like a film. Which is all fine, as they are actors and this is a film, but the cinematic revelation others describe here never happened for me. All in all, I wouldn't put this anywhere near the pantheon of great fight flicks like The Set-Up, Raging Bull and so many others. It's a good film, though throughly depressing despite the "happy" ending, and my main problem was not the acting or the decent direction, it was that I found none of these characters worth rooting for. They just weren't appealing on almost any level. Maybe that's just me, but in the end I need to like the hero or heroes, and here it wasn't happening. If you like the actors or boxing, you might like this, but I'd never watch it again.
mekjd (08 May 2012)
Completing This Year's Trifecta of Massachusetts Inspired Triumphs
Who cares about Secretariat (too many legs) or Burlesque (ditto) whenyou can have three outstanding and inspired films from Massachusetts inone year: The Town, Conviction and The Fighter. What's going on upthere? Whatever it is, it is good. The Fighter is about relationship,about never giving up, about real triumph, and it would have beenhorrifying if it had been heavy-handed, but it isn't, and so, it works.Please don't go if you mind the f-word, as it is used throughout asnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, and in some respects excessively so, asif a bit of lazy writing crept in. (Hey! We know how to make the lowermiddle class seem real! We'll have them f*-everything.!) The sisterswere genius, John Waters level genius. (Divine would seek resurrectionjust for a shot at a chance to appear.) One editing/shooting oddity. Itappears Charlene has tattoos in the beginning of the film, but notlater. What gives with that? Christian Baler is brilliant. MarkWahlberg is my favorite of all favorites, and I am waiting for the daythat he will star in a movie drawn from a book by Robert Parker with ascreenplay by Dennis Lehane. Then I will be able to say I have lived agood life. Not that I have given the matter any thought.This movie is a keeper.
(08 May 2012)
Solid start, fades towards the end...
This was a really rousing movie for the first 2/3rds or so. The characters were interesting, the acting and the plot were all great. Then it lost its way a bit as it geared up for the climax which was a bit anti-climactic. Still, a good, realistic and gritty look at boxing.
(07 May 2012)
It's a Movie
This review is from: The Fighter (DVD) The fighter lived up to its reviews. It's a little draggy in places, but if you're a fight fan, buy it you'll like it.
paudie (06 May 2012)
The fighter and his family
There have been plenty of movies about professional boxing, bothbiographical and fictional. The Fighter is a very worthwhile additionto that list. It is based on the life of Micky Ward(Mark Wahlberg), aboxer from Massachusetts. He is a gutsy fighter with some potential butfears he may have missed his chance at the big time. He is trained byhis half-brother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), who still tries tolive off the fame of knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard over ten yearsbefore. His mother (Melissa Leo) manages Ward rather poorly; signinghim for fights he cannot win. She is a larger than life figure whotreats Eklund as her favourite son. She ignores that Eklund is a drugaddict and this is reducing Ward's chance of success. EventuallyEklund's lifestyle causes him to end up in jail.However Ward, an easygoing man, is slow to rock the boat until hestarts going out with a local barmaid (Amy Adams). She sees both hispotential and the way he is being badly treated by his family. With hersupport he confronts them and tells them he is getting a new manager.Suffice it to say his mother does not take this too well.The rest of the movie charts Ward's increasing success and what happenswhen Eklund is released from prison.The performances are generally excellent. Christian Bale has rightlyreceived plaudits for playing Eklund. A youtube search shows that hisportrayal of him as a rather annoying non-stop talker is prettyaccurate! Wahlberg is highly impressive in the less flashy role ofWard. He accurately portrays his frustration at the way his career isfading as well as his love for his family members who are causing thatto happen. I thought Melissa Leo played the mother as an almostcartoonish character and this grated slightly with me. If she is as shecomes across in the film in real life she must be impossible to livewith! Her brood of daughters are similarly portrayed as beingintimidating to say the least.The boxing scenes are shown as if they are appearing on a TV screen andI found this, as well as the excellent fight choreography, made thescenes very authentic
moviemanMA (06 May 2012)
You are Micky Ward
In David O. Russell's The Fighter, we are given a glimpse at the lifeof Micky "Irish" Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his climb into the world ofboxing. Micky, the brother of Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), a formerboxer whose claim to fame being his knockdown of "Sugar" Ray Leonard.Dicky trains Micky in their home town of Lowell, Massachusetts, underthe management of their mother, Alice Ward (Melissa Leo). Micky islooking to get his fair shot at legitimate fighters, only his mother'smanaging skills go so far, landing him in smaller matches, andsometimes getting out matched. Micky's window is closing.His brother Dicky, whose life has gone nowhere since his bout withLeonard, wanders off away from the gym, to one of Lowell's many crackhouses. His love of boxing and family is only outweighed by his drugaddiction. Micky's family matters outside the ring are killing him inthe ring. He finds confidence in his new girlfriend, college drop-outCharlene (Amy Adams), a brazen, young vixen who is not willing to letMicky squander his gifts in the ring for a family he can't rely on.This aptly named film is not just about boxing, let alone just aboutMicky Ward. It's about fighting to survive, fighting for love, forhonor, and family. This is a film about the bond between brothers,between mothers and sons, husbands and wives, boxers and trainers.There are so many levels and ways to look at this film. Micky'sstruggles to achieve in the ring, Dicky's struggles with drugaddiction, the list goes on.One thing that is clearly evident here is the painstaking attention todetail that Russell takes in creating the world that Micky Ward boxedin. Filming at the very same gym Micky trained at, using the samecameras and crews that HBO Boxing used to film Micky's fights, and evencasting one of Micky's trainers Mickey O'Keefe to play himself. Itreminded me of Gus van Sant's Milk where van Sant used many shots fromthe documentary The Times of Harvey Milk and other television segmentsto recreate the feel and especially the look of Harvey Milk's SanFrancisco. Russell takes it even further with Dicky's life and includesthe HBO documentary made featuring Dicky in the early 90s. (I won'tgive the title, but you can view it on snagfilms.com)To back up this realism you need real, raw performances from the entirecast. For me, the success of the film lies on Wahlberg, without hiscommitment to the physical component of Micky's character and also hispersonality, the film would fail. He is supported by an incrediblycast, all of which give Oscar worthy performances, especially Bale.Bale's transformation into a wandering, drug addicted delinquent issomething to see. His uneasiness on camera fits his character so well.The two supporting females both surprised me from the start. I knew ofLeo from Frozen River, an indie darling two years back garnering her anOscar nod. Adams I had known from several films, including one of myfavorites of two years back, Doubt. They both take off the gloves andget real dirty for this one. Leo looks like the poster child for 90shairdos while Adams thick, nasty accent comes straight from the NorthShore of Mass. Watching the two go at it on screen is fantastic. Theyreally hit their marks.At the end of the film we are shown a glimpse of the real Micky Wardand Dicky Eklund, following the shooting of the film. As if we neededmore of a reason to love their performances, here we see exactly whereWahlberg and Bale drew their inspiration from. Their acting is spot on,another tribute to their devotion to the film.
alexcinaps (05 May 2012)
The Fighter- A depiction of life in Lowell
This is more than a boxing movie, it's a depiction of life in theblue-collar slums. Bale performance is an actor defining performance; Iwas actuated by emotion afterwards, It gripped me like no other moviein recent years. The prison scene where they aired the HBO documentaryon Dick's life as an addict was heart-wrenching. And the actual fightscenes packed one hell of a punch. It deserves to be right up therewith the best movies of the decade. My single gripe with the movie wasWahlberg's acting. He was ice to Bale's fire. Wahlberg's acting isdecent but not outstanding. As a boxing fan I've seen Dicky fight, andBale in that two hours was Dicky Eklund. Check out lost lives in Lowelland you'll understand what I mean. All in all, a "must see" for boxingand movie fan alike.
(04 May 2012)
The Fighter Packs a Punch!
This review is from: The Fighter (DVD) This was a great movie and I was pleased to find it on Amazon for such a fantastic deal. No problems getting the product from Amazon.com and I'll certainly do it again.
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