Those questionable fight scenes

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2005)

Overall, I really liked M$B. The movie lives up to its acclaim, but being a sports fanatic, I was disappointed by the Rocky-esquire fight scenes. I normally can get past the small stuff, but every fight being three hits and a KO took away from the true struggle it takes to be a championship fighter. I think she gets hit maybe ten times in the entire movie. I understand this isn't so much about fighting, but more effort could have been put into her character. I think a lot of people were lulled into loving this movie because of the smooth narriation of Morgan Freeman. It almost got me too..but it was a little to Shawshank Redemption.