A tricky Hollywood ripoff the Korean Classic Crying Fist

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 2016)

I'm only giving it 5 because of the good actings and some visual work....story-wise, it was a very cheap Hollywood version of the Korean movie "Crying Fist"(2005), which, however is a far better movie story- line and direction wise. The single-cut boxing round shot during the last fight of that Korean movie is easily one of the best fight choreographies ever done. and yet IMDb gives that a much lower rating than this one!! But how come not single person mentioning this here?! All you Hollywood junkies...get out there and watch some real deal before calling THIS the best boxing movie ever..... Tom Hardy was good...nick was awesome....but the movie was very slow at times and kind of predictable since the very beginning...it was a movie about throwing punches that lacks the PUNCH itself....on the other hand, two rookies suddenly starting to beat up world's top ranked MMA fighters is just too much to digest, and kind of an insult to the sport itself! and i'm not even talking about the plot- holes...watch "Crying Fist"instead and you'll see how characters can be built.