Shawn McArthur (Channing Tatum) is struggling to make ends meet by selling things on the streets. He runs into a fight and Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) sees something in him, and recruits him into the underground streetfighting “club” to make big money.
The fighting scenes are terrific! Every punch and kick is perfectly choreographed which make you sometimes feel the plain of that fist landing on your stomach. Ouch! Credits have to be given to the director Dito Montiel. He knows how to work with the light, there are moments when the sun shine through the window and hit the actors’ faces, and they are beautiful! However, this kind of good shots only appear in the quiet shots, when it down to the fighting scenes it gone all shaky and wild, I know he is going for a chaotic feeling but they are disturbing. Luckily the fights save the disturbance.
Somehow the plot of the movie is not really convincing, there is not enough to support the way Shawn McArthur acts why he picks selling counterfeit products on the street but not finding a real job? Why he picks up Zulay (Zulay Henao) so fast and starts to offer her help. I know he has a notorious background in the wrestling team back then, I just didn’t buy it. And why would a mum buy a Harry Potter book for her 3-4 year-old daughter for $20 anyway.
Channing Tatum is not delivering in this movie, though this is an interesting character, all those struggles in his life and all he has been through I just don’t get much from Tatum, I can picture any built actor in his place and do it better, I know people would see this movie because of him, like me but I feel like I was tricked into this. He has better moments. Not all the actors are bad, Terrence Howard nailed his part with not so much to work on.
I only would recommend this movie if you were bored to death and had nothing to do. It is a good one with some fist fighting thrills.
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