Review of Fighting (2014) by Chosen 7 — 23 Mar 2010
Decent flick about a guy living on the streets of New York selling merchandise until he gets the opportunity to make some money fighting for a hustler down on his luck. Channing Tatum [who was great in "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints", which was also written and directed by Dito Montiel] gets bashed a lot but he was alright in this one.
Terrence Howard's performance was competent, I noticed he did something a little different with his voice and some of the things he tried to do with this character but his performance could have been a lot better.
Brian J. White was good, he should have had more screen time; the tension should have been built up a little more between him and Tatum before the big fight. Luis Guzman and Roger Guenveur Smith were cool.
The writing could have been a lot better [I'm not even going to mention the poor excuse for a romance thrown into the movie...Zulay Henao is kinda hot though], also I noticed how the writer Dito drew from his issues with his father when writing this.
The last two fights were pretty good. The beginning was very unrealistic, the ending was good but overall the movie was kind of pointless.
This review of Fighting (2014) was written by Chosen 7 on 23 Mar 2010.
Fighting has generally received mixed reviews.
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