Fighting (DVD) Reviews

[Film Only Review] After really enjoying the movie 'Never Back Down' I saw the trailer for this movie and thought it would be a long the same lines. I wasn't in a rush to see it, but was looking forward to it when I finally got a chance. ~~~ Plot ~~~ After getting into a brawl on the street, Shawn MacArthur is ...  Read the complete review

Fighting is a 2009 film produced by Misher films. It is a 15 rated movie and stars the fabulous Terrence Howard (Crash, Four brothers) as a scam artist and wanna be fighting agent with Channing Tatum (Step up) as his new found star fighter. It plays for 1 hour 43 minutes. The basic plot centers around Shawn MacArther (Tatum) a good, ...  Read the complete review

I thought this was a fairly good film but not fantastic or particularly memorable. However, I'm starting to get the feeling that it would be one of those films that I would enjoy more the second time I watched it, and having thought more about it since I watched it last night I'm already starting to appreciate it a bit more. It's a pretty ...  Read the complete review

Last I saw Channing Tatum was in the brilliant Step Up, and then a short cameo at the beginning of Step Up 2. Much is expected of him as an actor, and not just someone who can lean on his dance skills, and in Fighting he shows us just what he has got. Fighting is a film with a rather basic and shallow plot. It follows Shawn MacArthur, ...  Read the complete review

Fighting is an action film that was released in 2009 at the cinema and the DVD is being released on 28th September of the same year. It is rated 15 due to strong violence, one sex scene and some strong language. The film is 105 minutes long. Plot Shawn MacArthur is a nice guy living in New York but he doesn't have much going for ...  Read the complete review

If you haven't watched this film I would suggest that you do. When it first started I didn't think much of the film and wasn't sure that I would enjoy watching it, I am now glad that I did. Sean McArther who plays the main roll plays it very well he is just a kind hearted guy who wants to earn some money and keep out of trouble, who ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on The Student Room ~~~ Fighting isn't going to gain any points for being an original slice of cinema, borrowing much from numerous "underdog" sport films, most of all Rocky, as it also attempts to penetrate the urban underbelly of its underdog's environment. Fighting isn't as cheesy as last ...  Read the complete review

The film Fighting bases its plot around a kind hearted but tough guy called Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) who is living in New York. After having a chance meeting with Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard), an underground fight organiser, Shawn is hoping for his fists to bring him some money to put food on the table. After this meeting you gain an ...  Read the complete review

The bar's never really set very high when you settle down to watch an American kung fu movie. You kinda sit down, wait for the goodies and baddies to present themselves, watch the action, see the good kid beat his way through a series of low-grade villains to reach the Mister Big, whereupon evil is defeated in a huge showdown, and perhaps a damsel ...  Read the complete review

Shawn MacArthur doesn't have much in life - he lives a tiny squat room in the centre of New York, has no friends or family and sells knock-off merchandise for a living. But when hustler, Harvey Boarden, spots him in a fight on the street he takes him under his wing and introduces him to the world of illegal bare-knuckle fighting. Although he's ...  Read the complete review