Synopsis
Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.
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Cast
- Channing TatumShawn MacArthur
- Terrence HowardHarvey Boarden
- Zulay HenaoZulay Valez
- Roger Guenveur SmithJack Dancing
- Brian J. WhiteEvan Hailey
- Angelic ZambranaKimo's Girl
- Michael RiveraAjax
- Flaco NavajaRay Ray
- Peter Anthony TambakisZ
- Luis GuzmánMartinez
Recommendations
- 88
Boston Globe
Fighting has real grit and excellent acting. In other words, there is gold in that dirt. - 83
The A.V. Club
Fighting doesn’t break new ground so much as animate B-movie types, but New York movies this gritty and flavorful don't come along very often. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
I like the way the personalities are allowed to upstage the plot in Fighting, a routine three-act fight story that creates uncommonly interesting characters. - 75
Premiere
Fighting is a fun, frank and faithful homage to simple inner-city drama. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
In Channing Tatum, who also starred in "Saints," the film has a good-looking, magnetic hunk to draw a crowd. Terrence Howard lends the pedigree of great screen acting, and Zulay Henao adds charm and glamour. - 50
Variety
For all the utter phoniness of Fighting -- the cockeyed, faux-verite shooting, the lurches in storytelling, the lack of character development, a contrived crisis between Shawn and his would-be girlfriend Zulay and Tatum's dopey-charming thing--Fighting's not so bad. - 50
Charlotte Observer
The director plays a visual game of three card monte on us for this silly, weakly acted and yet sometimes entertaining variation on the “Big Fight” movie formula. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Murderously dull stretches of dialogue suck most of the fun out of this sloppy drama.
