Gyllenhaal is so much better than this tripe...

Rating: 6/10 (27 October 2015)

5.5/10
In the interest of brevity, if you've seen any other "defeated boxer makes a comeback" film, there's absolutely no reason to see this film; Gyllenhaal's physique is the only impressive element of it (performance: "play the dumbest guy possible" (more or less true of any boxing film, of course)). As cliché as possible, I frankly should have known better (given the history of the director, the inclusion of 50 "B-Movie" Cent, and Forrest "once near A-list, but washed up long ago" Whittaker. Alas, hope overtook common sense, and I suffered, totally needlessly, through two hours of this idiotic, redundant mess.
(In other words, don't bother.) (Even more disappointingly, the Blu-Ray features include nothing, specifically, of Gyllenhaal's training regiment or body composition (weight/body fat percentage, etc.)...only that he was "dedicated." Ya think?)