Synopsis
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
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Cast
- Michelle RodriguezDiana Guzman
- Jamie TirelliHector Soto
- Paul CalderonSandro Guzman
- Santiago DouglasAdrian Sturges
- Ray SantiagoTiny Guzman
- Víctor SierraRay Cortez
- Elisa BocanegraMarisol
- Herb LovelleCal
- Thomas BarbourIra
- Shannon Walker WilliamsVeronica
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
While Rodriguez punches through the indie clutter to announce herself as a superb new movie talent, so Kusama scores big points in her first main event. - 88
Boston Globe
A terrific little uppercut of a boxing movie and close to a perfect one. - 88
New York Post
Refreshing and surprising, the way independent movies are supposed to be. - 88
Charlotte Observer
The effect is as potent as a straight right to the solar plexus. - 80
Village Voice
A near-irresistible button-pusher that's agile enough to hold a mirror to its own aspirations: The Sundance prize-winning filmmaker and her prize discovery, Michelle Rodriguez, merge in the image of a self-invented amateur boxer. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
The movie belongs to Rodriguez: A gorgeous woman with a powerful body and the face of an Aztec princess, she's also a natural talent who instinctively understands the importance of economy in good acting. - 75
Miami Herald
Gets everything right. - 75
New York Daily News
Uplifting and moving in a traditional Hollywood way, while also seeming as raw and unfiltered as cinema vérité.
