Take the punch

Rating: 7/10 (20 December 2010)

He's not Rocky, he's Irish Mike Ward. Ward did his best work on HBO in three epic fights against Arturo Gatti. (Gatti's tragic death may deserve another movie.) This is the story of how Mike Ward got there.
Oustanding performances all around, especially Christian Bale. Ignore the Boston accents that always come and go in New England based movies.
Plenty of conflict in and out of the ring. There is some blood and lots of colorful language.
Spend some quality time with a family more dysfunctional then your own. Wahlberg worked hard to look the part. Only the well directed movie is tighter then Wahlberg's abs.