Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

juneebuggy This gritty urban drama has Channing Tatum -doing a decent job as small-town boy Shawn MacArthur, trying and for the most part failing to make it in New York City. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when he meets scam artist/fight promoter Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) who introduces him to the violent underground world of bare knuckle boxing.The two form an uneasy partnership and almost overnight Shawn becomes a star brawler on the circuit, culminating with his big show down against (ironically) a guy from his home town who was his high-school rival.All in this is fairly predictable, the dialogue is quite mumble-ie at times, there's a nice enough romance although without much heat, the fight scenes are decent especially the final match, and there's a couple of plot twists but nothing too OMG.For the majority of the film we barely know anything about the characters and I found them all a bit vague. Tatum's past is hinted at (daddy issues) but by the time that comes to comes light I didn't much care. I like Terrence Howard but he seemed to struggle here, his character again vague and with a strange accent. I did enjoy their scenes together though, they played well off each other.The director also failed to make it seem like any time was passing, Channing appeared to have all of his (increasingly well paid fights) within the span of a about a week and never did any sort of training but kept improving. I just kept thinking I'm glad this isn't my life, everyone hustling to make a dollar. 3/2/16

mathumphreys I saw a clip of Channing Tatum shadow boxing the pole on the train and thought that this looked promising. Unfortunately it turned out to be a very boring predictable movie with really poor dialogue and overplayed characters.Some good actors in this movie, but nothing about them or the movie itself made me want to buy in to it. It was just hard work. Essentially it was a series of average (to be honest pretty boring) fight scenes linked with a predictable, boring storyline that contained a forced and unbelievable love thread.Another example of the trailer being better than the movie.

Fugitive White This is probably one of the worst films I have ever seen. First off, the story-line is predictable and not very well written and thought about. But the acting is horrendous. Channing Tatum struggles with his words and mumbles throughout the whole film. It's embarrassing just to watch how hard he struggles to act and often times pauses and says something different than what he was supposed to. The way Tatum's character and his girlfriend in the movie talk is very unbelievable and unconvincing of a real relationship. The acting is worse than a poorly-written school play. The only reason I would give it a 3 stars instead of 1/10 is because it had some adequate fighting scenes. Would not recommend any soul to watch this utter filth of a movie.

ma-cortes This thrilling movie deals with a tight-lipped hunk who is introduced to the world of underground street fierce brawling by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager . In New York City, a young counterfeiter named Shawn McArthur (Channing Tatum) tries to come up with a way to get enough money to live . The desperate young knocks several robbers when they attempt to rob him some goods. After that he comes into contact with street-fight promoter , a hustler named Harvey (Terrence Howard). Shawn teams up with the organizer of no-holds-barred bare-knuckle fights that secretly entertain the wealthy across the streets and slums of N.Y.C. and links Shawn up with Martinez (Luis Guzman). Shawn is soon fighting various contenders -ranging from a Harlem bouncing to an Oriental fighter - earning money to help keep his new sweetheart (Zulay Enao) who comes to love him . Shawn decides that he has something worth brawling for and sets everything on the line to vanquish . Although Shawn only wants to bash opponents long enough to gain enough money to assist his girlfriend, he is reluctant to let tricks in combats on the fighting circuit .Every knock-out brings him closer to the existence he's always wished , but also carries him in a deadly cobweb he can't getaway.The picture contains drama ,thrills , and lots of violent brawls plenty of punch , kicks, and knockouts. Acceptable performance from Channing Tatum as impulsive young becoming a professional street-fighter and battling a variety of contenders , plus Zulay Enao gives a surprisingly good acting as his gorgeous love interest and special mention to Terrence Howard as the sharpster who arranges his bare-knuckled bouts . The picture belongs to sub-genre about street combats as ¨Lionheart¨ with Jean Claude Van Damme and whose maxim representation turns out to be the classic ¨Hard times¨ by Walter Hill with Charles Bronson and James Coburn . It's a colorful but violent entertainment that results to be the second film of his director Dito Montiel. His first movie was the dramatic ¨Guide to recognizing the saints ¨and in preparation ¨The son of no one¨ also with Channing Tatum and Al Pacino . Rating : passable , only for those who like films in which fist-play are staged ad nauseam .