All those Rocky movies without Italian Ghetto specificity

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2016)

If you read Hardy Boys' books when you were ten, you will love the family dynamic in this one. And if like 'Supernatural' the current TV series ... I personally played a lot of street fighter, had pre-puberty Taekwando lessons with my younger brother for a year, so back when I thought I was his big brother and I really crossed the fourth wall with this one, love the Rocky movies, rise of the underdog, boxing... So if you like Rocky or Mohammed Ali Cassius Clay... this movie will not disappoint. I've never read Moby Dick but all those Captain Ahabs hve made me want to read it, no I don't think there were any whales in the movie, interesting intelligent coming-of-age movie about Adults choosing to love the imperfect, live with it and push yourself to the max without hurting anybody.
Really real film, no race specificity or gender specificity, which makes me prefer this over Bruce Lee or Sylvester Stallone or Jackie Chan movies that involve dueling.
The screenplay strikes me as original, the pace is good and it's no frills, no cheap shots, no cheap thrills, just a very 'real' film.