In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.
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- (as Peter Tambakis)
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- TriviaChanning Tatum broke his nose during one of the fight scenes.
- GoofsWhen Shawn arrives at the night club following his first fight, he steps out of the car clearly sporting two bruises on his face. After the scene shifts to the interior, his bruises have all disappeared.
- Quotes
Shawn MacArthur: So, what, I'm gonna fight this... this guy, and then what? What happens?
Harvey Boarden: Well, we go in, you win, you get $5,000 dollars. You lose, you get nothin'.
Harvey Boarden: So we get paid tonight?
Harvey Boarden: Yes, we will get paid. You keep askin' me the same question.
- Alternate versionsUSA Blu ray release includes a Unrated version.
- SoundtracksAin't No Love in the Heart of the City
Written by Michael Price and Daniel Walsh (as Dan Walsh)
Performed by Bobby Bland (as Bobby 'Blue' Bland)
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Every emotion was misplaced. The dialogue didn't mesh. There was no build up aside from the minor tension between Channing Tatum and Brian J. White.
The movie "cleverly titled" FIGHTING, had not a single worthwhile fight scene in it worth watching. In fact the whole time, I couldn't understand why he was getting praised as a good fighter. It's not even till the very end that you even see a fight where you feel he's got some fighting talent.
I could go into how horrible each actor was, but ultimately decided it wasn't their fault. I'm 100% convinced that the director had no idea how to coach his actors, nor how to write a good script. In fact I'm almost convinced he encouraged them to do horribly.
I felt Brian White did well. And the only other acting that I really could tolerate was the crazy old grandmother. Everything else just seemed like interacting characters were reading from separate scripts.
I used a free promo code to save $1 at RedBox to watch this movie, and I'm still disappointed I didn't get my money's worth.
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- Untitled Dito Montiel Project
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- Gross US & Canada
- $23,091,010
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,024,370
- Apr 26, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $32,482,728
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1