MomentumPictures | October 15, 2010 | 23 likes, 0 dislikes
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
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Plot
Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) is a 30-year-old welterweight boxer from a working class family in Lowell, Massachusetts. Managed by his mother, Alice Ward (Melissa Leo), and trained by his half-brother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), Micky's career is not particularly successful: He's become known as a "stepping stone" for other boxers to defeat on their way to greater success. Complicating matters, his brother, a former boxer whose peak of success was knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard, is also addicted to crack cocaine and is unreliable. Dicky was at one time known as "The Pride of Lowell," a peak that he and his mother constantly relive and boast about; a HBO film crew is seen filming Dicky's day-to-day affairs, which he is convinced will be about his comeback return to boxing. His mother appears to favor Dicky over Micky, and chooses to ignore her older son's drug problem. On the night of a scheduled undercard fight in Atlantic City on an HBO televised fight, Micky's scheduled opponent is barred from the match due to illness; a substitute is found but is nearly 20 lbs heavier than Micky. Despite Micky's reservations, his mother and brother agree to the terms so that they can all get the purse. Micky is soundly defeated by the much heavier fighter in an obvious mismatch.
Frustrated with his career and embarrassed by his defeat, Micky tries to retreat from the world and finds himself forming a relationship with Charlene Fleming (Amy Adams), a former college athlete who dropped out and became a bartender. After several weeks, his mother sets up another fight for Micky but, concerned it will be turn out the same as before, he shows serious hesitation. Adding to the tension, his mother and seven sisters blame Charlene's interference for his lack of motivation. Micky mentions that he's received an offer to be paid to train in Las Vegas, but his brother says he will match the offer so he can keep training and working with his family. Dicky then tries to get money by posing his girlfriend as a prostitute and then, once she picks up a client, impersonating a police officer to steal the client's car. This is quickly foiled by the actual police and Dicky is arrested after a chase and fight with police. While Dicky is being arrested, Micky tries to intervene and stop the police from beating his brother but he is also beaten and an abusive police officer intentionally breaks his hand before he arrests him. At trial Micky is released but Dicky is sent to jail. Micky denounces Dicky for the trouble he caused..............
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