Not very good

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2011)

The Fighter starring Christian Bale, and Mark Walberg as two brothers in Massachusetts and a family of close knit Irish. Based on a true story it had the normal life struggles of ups and downs with a rags to riches story line. the older brother a onetime mediocre fighter (Dicky) a small hero in a small town. this movie had a lot of depressive moments and was fast pace a lot was sacrificed on the cutting room floor. there were scenes that could have been more involved, like Micky's romance. When I heard about this movie I thought that this was a real life "Rocky":. I would say that the budget for Rocky must have been a lot more. The sound for instance was muted mo upbeat to move the audience, no action climax like the movie Rocky. Also the time frame was compressed. It seemed like everything happened in 6 months when it is over 5 years span. The scenes were in a compressed very small rooms and gave an illusions of claustrophobia. In short wait for the DVD. Don't waste your money.