A Winner Here!

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2011)

"The Fighter" is a true story about an Irish boxer by the name of Mickey Ward played by Mark Wahlberg. He is trained by his brother and a former boxer in his own right named Dick Eklund played by Christian Bale. This movie brings you along from the early years in Lowell, Massachusetts, through Dick Eklunds personal battle with drugs. In this inspirational story, you have a fighter trying to reclaim their family name and to give their town something they can be proud of.
Mickey Ward soon finds himself struggling with an ineffective trainer in his brother. Dicky gets put in jail by committing a crime that soon makes Mickey have to face either giving up his chances of making a career in boxing or leaving his mother, Alice (Melissa Leo), and his brother Dicky. Mickey gets a new crew that includes his father, George (Jack McGee) and his girlfriend, Charlene (Amy Adams), which leads to Mickey gaining his reputation back on the boxing circuit.
The movie "The Fighter" does a great job of combining sports with family turmoil. The Fighter runs along the same side as some other sports movies like "The Blind Side", which portrays a young boy who is struggling living day to day who then ends up going on to college then the NFL.
Will Mickey earn a shot at the World Championship or will he crumble under all the pressure from his mother and his brother's sudden release from jail. So, brace yourself for an all-out comeback from two fighters from Lowell, Massachusetts, who plan on showing the world that to reach the top you need family.