Fighting

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5.6/10

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Terrence Howard, Channing Tatum, and Zulay Henao in Fighting (2009)

In New York City, a young counterfeiter (Tatum) is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist (Howard), who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.

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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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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

35K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Channing Tatum broke his nose during one of the fight scenes.

Goofs
When 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 versions
USA Blu ray release includes a Unrated version.

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Edited into The Rotten Tomatoes Show: 17 Again/State of Play/Crank High Voltage (2009)

Soundtracks
Ain'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

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Featured review

Should have been called "Talking"

I can only conclude that the script for this film was only 3 pages long and basically consisted of phrases like "This guy tries to convince this other guy to fight" "this guy decides to fight" "They fight." all the dialogue had to be improvised by the actors and either they weren't good at improvising or the director wasn't paying attention so they just kept talking and talking and talking and they had to edit together the most coherent dialogue possible. There are only 3 or 4 fights in the film. The first fight lasts a total of I believe 30 seconds before the opponent travels head-first into a water fountain. The second fight gets broken up before it even starts, the third fight (if there was one) I don't even remember. The last fight was the only one that was moderately decent.

Been a while since I watched this movie so I can't elaborate too much, but forgettable fights, characters you don't care about, awful dialogue. I'd say avoid this one unless you enjoy being bored.