vlad_merlenko One of the best movies about real fighting. Very realistic, with meaningful close-ups and dialogs, great emotions, subtle details, which make this film worth revisiting. For those who never stepped into the ring, "Fighting" may seem superficial but someone who fought will immediately recognize himself in Channing Tatum's character, will recall the fear, the desire to win, the hope for success. Every scene of the film is perfectly played. The supporting characters contribute amazingly to the flow of the movie.The Tatum-Howard team is one of the best fighter-promoter partnerships. Fighting is a nice self-belief story about how a will of steel can raise you from the street to the top of a sky-scraper. Thumbs up!

Aurora Moras I don't know what the deal is, but the dialogue in the movie is hard to listen! They sound terrible. I understand slang and street talk, but I don't think I've hard a proper sentence being said in the movie. It's tiring and off-putting. As for the story-line - a complete 'been there, done that', but let's not kid ourselves... No matter how many times people make this movie, if the production is right and you have a name on the movie poster, people are going to watch it. Same goes for many other stories that are being recycled over and over again. All in all, that's not something I'm holding against this flick. On the other hand, screenplay had to be better. It lacks flow. It has a lot of smudge and blur and in my opinion, this is not a movie for that kind of artistic expression or message. That alone dulls the feeling. If it was made a bit sharper, it would've been a solid thing. I feel like the whole focus was shifted on Howard and that's OK, but I don't think that the whole movie had to be made like this just to reflect the shadiness of his character. Giving it a 6 and even that is a good will gesture.

nate1801 I just recently finished watching this film for, oh I don't know, the hundredth time and I decided to log on to see if I could find the name of the jazz song that was playing during the end credits.Though, to my dismay I started reading the comments and was very shocked at the horrible reviews that so many were writing about this movie. Must be a case of northern aggression coming out, but we southerners enjoy this movie! I thought the plot was a bit predictable, but that was to be expected. This movie is not Oscar worthy by any means, but I think it does what it was intended to do, to provide entertainment.As far as the acting goes Terrance Howard was OUTSTANDING in this movie. For those of you who disagree, you should definitely go watch the movie again, and reconsider your opinion! Channinig Tatum was very good in his role, and I very much enjoyed the southern slang he used throughout the film.Lastly, for all of you New Yorkers who said the movie just didn't seem real, though the places in the movie seemed real, how on earth could you say such a thing? With actors such as Luiz Guzman, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Altagracia Guzman who are all synonymous with New York. In Lieu of your lack of appreciation for certain depictions of scenes and situations of the city you could look deeper and see that these actors are all a deeper part of keeping this film real.With that said don't go messing with my favorite movie!! lol.

prateak gauchan I'm not complaining that the movie din't have much of a fighting as the title suggest. I can understand what the makers are trying to show, but it is just plain boring. This tries to be like "The Wrestler" but it just came off as being silly instead of being realistic and intriguing, although it tries to be realistic. There is nothing really entertaining about this movie, plus the main protagonist wins most of the fights by pure luck for most of the time. Alas, the climactic rooftop showdown is rather dull, much better is the marble hallway brawl against a kinetic Asian opponent .The best thing about the film is Tatum's interaction with Howard, who offers a full-on, layered performance that actually makes the whole film worth seeing. The heart of the film is the relationship between these two men, but the script seems afraid to explore it in any real depth. Instead, it tilts toward the unconvincing romance between Shawn and Zulay.The fights, thankfully, don't noticeably include the over-the-top sound effects often included in Hollywood fight films (like the "woosh" of fists and the "thuds" of landed punches), but instead keeps the more realistic, skin-to-skin slapping sound, which, in my view, made the film much more gritty and, to an extent, more believable.There's nothing much to say about the movie. You can give it a watch if you see this when your flipping the channels at your home and nothing else better is on TV. I give it 4.5 out of 10.