2009 · action · crime · romance
Fighting
Directed by Dito Montiel1h 45m2009
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.
Our read: Fighting (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · crime · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
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“You want a straightforward NYC street-fighting underdog with Channing Tatum charm.”
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