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Against The Ropes

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Jackie Kallen isn't fighting for glory. She's fighting for respect. Inspired by a true story, Against The Ropes stars Meg Ryan as Kallen, a sassy, brassy boxing manager-in-the-making determined to change "Lethal" Luther Shaw (Omar Epps) from a mere street punk into a world-class prizefighter. To help Shaw rise to the rank of number-one contender, Jackie coaxes veteran trainer Felix Reynolds (Charles S. Dutton) out of retirement. But before they can all realize their dream of a championship bout, they must first learn what it takes to stand in each other's corner. It's not about how you fall. It's about how hard you fight back when you are Against The Ropes.

Release: 2004
Running Time: 111 min

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  1. Adam K Adam K

    tedious

    06 December 2008
    A movie with its moments, most of the moments being bad, bad, bad. The Studio shelved this un-winner for a few years for good reasons, they did not know if an audience for this movie existed. At times, the direction of the film created some nice visuals but nothing else. A lot of the cutting between scenes jumped without any story between more scene to another. Kind of jumpy and fast, the movie tries to find its story somewhere at the half way point, and doesn't mind it. Meg Ryan once again proves herself by doing another different film that leaves the audience still guessing. Giving up her innocent / beauty roles for the more serious, she tries to jump back into comedy to try her beauty and charm again. The only problem is that the audience gave up going to see her role in those movies to see her as a serious actress. Avoid.

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