Come Out Fighting

I want to start out by saying that Writer, Producer, Actor, Joe Ricci brought the work ethic of the great films I grew up on back in Come Out Fighting!!...Rocky 1 and Cool Hand Luke are two films I loved and I see some elements in story and flavor of those two classics coming through big for the Dapper and Tough, yet Gentle soul of the lead, JAZZ played by Ricci. He was outstanding and showed "A List" potential in his first starring role in a feature!

I never want to hear again from anyone that a film around $100K or less can't hit the spot in quality, acting, edit, score, sound and lighting, which in every case I was amazed at all Joe and his team did to prove that fresh faces and talented crew are born in other places besides Hollywood!

This cast of local Arizona actors stormed the gates of stardom and knocked it down! I laughed, I cried, I got upset, which is golden since I am really hard to please. I can't stand films of today where you leave disappointed. Praise God Joe weathered the storm and went against the grain of casting past their prime names who could not do any better than the people that made this happen for pennies on the dollar.

A 10 in my book! GO SEE THE FILM is all I can say. The Fights are very real and the Love Story is a great contrast. Props to Leading Lady Michelle Palermo who was loyal and loving, she stuck the part ala Talia Shire in Rocky..

Richard Ryan was a great antagonistic bad guy and Anthony Pavelich who was the biggest surprise for me showed many layers and added comedic relief to the film. Job well done and a film to be proud of!

WOW. I watch a lot of Indie Films, had the pleasure of seeing this film Saturday night. I haven't stopped thinking about it. Real cool fighting - realistic as well...A throw back feel good film, great characters and story. All the acting spot on, especially the 3 leads they were just really good. The plot was so believable and so real. It's hard to imagine how anyone with more acting experience could have done a better job! "Fast Buck Freddie" & "Gia" were amazing and so believable in this film & WOW....Joe Ricci as "Jazz", his look and his voice, how is this guy not in bigger films?? I can't believe Ricci isn't a star already in his own rite! It wasn't without some minor technical issues but overall I guess good films can be made on a modest budget after all.

I typically don't watch fight films because they tend to be cheesy with redundant plot lines. This film was a breath of fresh air. It actually had a real story. The actors were all on point. Lots of fresh faces which I liked. I viewed the film at a premier in Scottsdale. Kudos to all who made this film! 9 out 10 for me. I recommend this film because it has layers. Good acting and story!!! I can't wait to see it come out On DVD. It's cutting edge. The characters Jazz and Freddie were a great Combo. All the extras were funny and crazy. 80s feel. Great songs. Should do well with 22 to 50 plus crowd. My parents recommended I go see it. Glad I did. Come out Fighting !!

I am a tough audience, I watch mostly low budget indie films, as I just prefer the rawness and imperfection. I watched this over a friends house over the weekend and I have to say its not without its mis-steps, but when I see its a"micro-budget" film made for less than the price of a new car, I think its amazing, dialogue, most of the acting is at least good, fight scenes needed more time or better chorography maybe... but good enough to move the story forward. The ending kind of comical and not what I expected. Films like this made on a shoestring budget, always make me think, what if they had areal Hollywood budget what this could have been. I see some haters on here and I wonder if they really watched this film all the way though at all, cause as indies go. This was enjoyable in my opinion.

After coming across this I read the reviews and decided to give it ago on Tubi - I see some of the "critics" on here bashing? To answer some of you as to why some people rate this high, my take is first it says the budget was $65K? If that is the case it was pretty well done, the 2nd dialogue was catchy, Story was good, there were moments I laughed the Freddie character was every guy I grew up with, funny loser. The acting is 90% at least all of the leads were solid especially the lead guy Jazz, sort of like a poor man's Stallone. Fighting scenes could have been better, but something about the film it has heart, and the ending was not atypical "hero's ending by any means that you see so much in these types of films. I didn't see it coming. Has an 80's feel for sure, I thought the title song on the end credits sounded familiar and it seems that is John parr UK rock star famous for the hit song St Elmo's fire, That was pretty cool. Overall, I liked it and its worth a watch but if you're a critically acclaimed film snob expecting a studio film watch something else.