Another Boxing movie

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2019)

Biographies are never easy to make a film of since you can't portray a real person 1:1. Also, you know what you sign up for when you watch a Boxing movie. Personally I'd rather watch a real fight instead of a movie about it since it does look staged no matter what.

Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg suit the roles decently. But let's be honest, they got the roles because they are big names in the film industry, they are established actors which fit in this pretty well.

Christian Bale got an Oscar for Supporting Actor in 'The Fighter' and I can kind of see why but am also sceptical. The character 'Dicky', which Bale portrays, in real life isn't your typical guy, he also has a story of drug abuse which had an effect on his personality which you can tell. For me, Christian Bale in this movie was mostly annoying and his character wasn't LEGENDARY or pioneering. Sure it was good acting but I think he himself laughed about his performance or wasn't sure if he was on the right track. When he received the Oscar, on stage he himself was like 'Okay, what am I actually doing up here?'.

It's a decent movie and you will probably like it if you want to see a Boxing movie really badly, even though there's also a lot of story development around it taking place in about 70% of the movie.