Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

fooshjunkmail Pretty bad. Originality is lacking, as Carman lives out the fantasy of being another Rocky wannabe (a very noble, God-inspired goal, to be sure). Viewers will wonder if the movie's sole purpose is to build Carman's fame. Regarding the movie's spirituality, it's almost nonexistent. There is no presentation of Jesus Christ and how he can forgive sins. Instead, we see Carman's character eyeing a woman up and down, contrary to Christ's teaching that whoever looks at a woman to look at her lustfully has already committed adultery with her. Carman's character then gets involved with her romantically, when she's not a committed Christian. She's disillusioned with the church and Christianity. She might be a Satan worshipper, for all we know. And because of this, Christians should be concerned with the example portrayed by Carman in this movie. Rather than being concerned about her soul and leading her back to God, Carman's character just focuses on his own sexual drive and simply pursues a romantic relationship with her. So what's different about Carman's portrayal of this relationship, and the world's immoral approach to relationships? One wonders if Carman is living out a sexual/romantic fantasy by starring in this movie, as he gets to make out with a babe actress on the excuse of 'acting'. After the movie, you're left there asking what the point of the whole film was. If it was intended to be a moral message, what was that message? Can't quite put my thumb on it. Too bad so many people are giving this film good reviews - it shows that 'Christians' today have completely lost sight of the words of Jesus Christ, which are supposed to be the basis of our faith. The great apostacy (turning away from truth) has begun, and that can be clearly seen by this film's plot. The film's writers had every opportunity to shine Jesus on, but instead this film's purpose is to shine Carman on, and make Carman's name great. It surely doesn't make Jesus' name resound in the earth.

pattysecretrevealed There is also statements being made about Patricia Manterola using Carman Licciardello to for US film. Patricia Manterola as a Mexican Hardcore Porn Star broke into some lame TV soap opera show, movies, and music. Patricia Manterola basically did Carman: the champion movie which is Christian obeously to say that she as a Hardcore Porn Celebrity got to broke into even Christian not only prime time TV shows. You see, there use to be a day when hardcore porn chickies had hard time being accepted into regular prime time shows to be taken seriously as actress besides being looked at seriously for their hardcore porn experties. So it was a major achievement for Patricia Manterola to be able to break into even largest Christian broadcast network TBN and to do a Christian movie with the top Christian artist such as Carman. But she kept quiet about her Hardcore Porn Gigs...that helped her to stardom.. to the Christian public in effort to get her movie credit added to her porfolio.

Paul1149 Mild spoilers below:With all the junk coming out of Hollywood for years, it's nice to come across a good film. It may not have academy award level acting, but it is nonetheless well done and satisfying.The plot is fairly compelling, with a few interesting turns, and the action is good, especially the fight scene. The nearly hopeless vise that the inner city clamps around people is graphically depicted. The love interest is excellent.Some of the plot/character turns could have been more clearly delineated. For instance, Carman's tactic to upset a fight fix almost slips by unnoticeably. And his brother's turn for the good raises more questions that it answers.Still, it was very enjoyable, and affirmed good values. As someone mentioned, the Gospel isn't front and center in this movie, despite Carman playing a pastor. But it doesn't alway have to be for an art work to be worthwhile.Good job to all involved. This movie is available as a free download at TBN.com.Paul

sweetums33 I saw this film the weekend it opened. I loved every minute of it and found it to be an excellant drama about the life of this boxer. He displayed great values and aimed to share his faith in what he did. Carman is a great actor and this movie rocked. The boxing scenes were superb and made you feel like you were in it. This film showed true to life elements of sin in people's lives and encourages you through the faith in God.