Synopsis
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
2014 Directed by Damian Lee
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Dövüşçü, Боец, Muži v ringu, El luchador, Dernier combat, המתאגרף, Az Örök Harcos, 파이팅맨, Serce do walki, Lutando por uma Chance, Lutando Por Uma Chance, 一个人的战斗
I have to say I was not expecting much from this movie when I put it in my DVD player. So you can imagine my surprise when this turned out to be one excellent movie. When the movie starts we see two boxers boxing in the 5th of 10 rounds. The film's editing approach uses flashbacks in between rounds to tell the motivations that drive the two fighters, revealing their personal dramas little by little.
By the end of the fight and the movie.....we get to really know and like both boxers. We know why they are fighting. We know what the outcome will mean to each boxer. The movie does such a good job of showing both boxers....that I…
This is the fictional story of the final match in the 64-bout career of boxer Sailor O'Connor (Dominic Purcell), a fighter that nobody could ever knock down. His opponent is a hungry youngster called King Solomon (Izaak Smith), who some say has the makings of a champ if he proves he can take a punch.
Through flashbacks interjected from Round 5 through the end of the scheduled 10-rounder, we learn what drives these two very different men to battle in the ring, and that, after all, is really what the movie is all about. It's not the "Rocky" underdog saga or "The Champ" staging a comeback story. It's about two men trying to use boxing to give meaning to their…
Writer/ director Damian Lee assembled a great cast but doesn’t have the cachè, or the requisite shooting days to get enough from them to assemble anything emotionally charged.
The script is sturdy enough.
Lines like “A man should enough to know when to go down.” pack enough pain and history into it that even a decent actor could gift it with some gravitás.
Is that so much to expect?
Build non-chronologically around a prize fight between a has-been and a never-was, the viewing expands and builds backstories as the fight is being fought.
It’s not that it’s a bad idea. It’s just that ideas get pounded and pounded into submission like a heavyweight working the heavy bag. Dominic Purcell is…
I kind of can't get over the fact that I just watched a sports movie. I normally don't watch them because I'm definitely not a sports fan AT ALL but I watched boxing flick "A Fighting Man" and it was a fantastic film that was better than "Rocky".
Dominic Purcell stars as Sailor O'Connell, an aging boxer with a traumatic past who decides to fight one last fight, a fight against a young whipper-snapper named King who just knocked up his 18-year old girlfriend Peg (Jenessa Grant, adorable as ever).
Purcell gives the performance of his career here and the rest of the cast, which includes James Caan, Adam Beach and Saskatoon's favorite son Kim Coates (who plays a priest) are all at the top of their game.
"A Fighting Man" is not just a great sports movie, it's a great movie.
It's a boxing movie that's better than "Rocky".
Better than "Rocky".
Mic drop.