Against the Ropes

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(drama, sport)
A Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several including Toney, McKart and Hearns. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association...

actors:

Meg Ryan	as Jackie Kallen
Omar Epps	as Luther Shaw
Charles S. Dutton	as Felix Reynolds
Tony Shalhoub	as Sam LaRocca
Timothy Daly	as Gavin Reese
Joseph Cortese	as Irving Abel
Kerry Washington	as Renee
Sean Bell	as Ray Kallen
Dean McDermott	as Pete Kallen
Skye McCole Bartusiak	as Little Jackie
Juan Carlos Hern??ndez	as Pedro Hernandez
Holt McCallany	as Dorsett
Tory Kittles	as Devon Green
Gene Mack	as Kevin Keyes
Beau Starr	as Corcoran

directors:
Charles S. Dutton
rating:5.20

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Boxing is one of the few sports that has transcended
well to the big screen. Bull rabid, Rocky I & II and until 1992 that it is more comical effort
Diggstown each offered an exciting and interesting, and in the eyes
Corrupt, horrible and barbaric sport of boxing. Even less accomplished
Movies like The Great White publicity Ali and Michael Mann are even better
Major League, Slap Shots or the victory that other sports have
Produced in the film. With nary a misstep, you might get the impression
boxing movies are an option crash.

That was until now.

New on DVD this week is Against the Ropes, a boxing film that is still
Another vehicle to reinvent and revitalize the Meg Ryan of the person. This has
Apuñalar Meg game Jackie Kallen, a real-life famous boxing promoter
using their abilities and sex appeal to puncture
male dominated sport. Stuck as executive assistant, Jackie is
Until vile boxing promoter LaRocca (Tony Shalhoub) and ends
Boxers buy a contract for negotiation basement price of a dollar.
By attempting to contact his new acquisition, was presented to Jackie
Luthur Shaw (Omar Epps) who bursts into the scene at approximately
some drug users in the summary apartment complex. Seeing the talent on the road
Shaw handles himself, Jackie bails him out of jail and offers professional
Opportunity cash, which he accepted reluctantly after his
The persistence of aggression .

A boxer now under her wings, retired coach Jackie pursues
Felix Reynolds (Charles S. Dutton) to chisel off the rough and fazer Shaw boxer we all know that will end soon he sees the first
Credit in the ass end of the film.

But things may not be as smooth for Mrs Kallen
Optioned or would not have the story of a film, and the obstacles that come in the form of
LaRocca influence in the sport and how it is capable of maintaining Jackie
Fight to negligible under card fights. Jackie's fights with other promoters and
Local boxing LaRocca to circumvent the decision unjust treatment
Get real sport and the media soon his head was
Bigger than most of bag boxing payments. This ties in with the
Anxiety, on behalf of Shaw and its eventual LaRocca to execute the
Respect, money and attention that you think you are right.

Directed by Charles S. Dutton (there is that name), against
Misfired ropes is an attempt of what was probably a kind
Seabiscuit Story of a woman to break ranks with the big men. But as the film
Plods along with some unnecessary and almost ridiculous accents by
Shalhoub and Ryan, we find that we do not care about the characters, you can
See things before the scenes are developed and we are reminded that boxing
Sometimes it can be more than one who you know rather than what you can fazer type experience.

Perhaps most notable is the effort that with Ryan in recent years
Cut and now Against the Ropes with is trying to forget all that
has dimples and is nothing if not for the actors to which she is surrounded
(and with all due respect to Omar Epps, which are not
Tom Hanks). Where Julia Roberts is a little more effort in their brazen
Role of Erin Brockovich, Ryan seems to be difficult to try to re-invent
Herself. His swagger was probably a simulacrum of the real Kallen walk, but
Along with the heavy deep-throat voice, which is not like playing out
Natural enough, and therefore, is more credible than distracting.

Was also observed how each of the characters that offers nothing new to
than any of the viewers see boxing as a sport or have
Disfrutado of films in boxing past. It is not the out-of-promoter myself
(Shalhoub), the reporter is always on the side of the good guys
(Tim Daly), the coach knows you will receive in his struggle form
… record time. Etc., etc., etc.,….

So with all this going against it, I recognise that this is a boxing movie
and I had hoped that the boxing sequences are exciting enough to keep us in the
edge of our seats and forget everything that leads to them.
. Against no cables too. The boxing sequences seem
Supporters in the way they were shot and orchestrated. Gone are the
rupture sound effects of jabs and body blows made Rocky such
Bofetada to the senses. Instead, they are replaced with ghost punches
And screenshots of the cheap seats, a large stage.

Too easy to turn a cliché, it is not Against the Ropes TKO. Instead, I
I felt like the experience was a tie put in the hands of corrupt judges
And this gives a judge thumbs down.
A film with its moments, most of the time is bad, bad, bad. The
Studio shelved east-winner a couple of years for good reason, not
Whether an audience for this movie existed. At times, the direction of the film
created some good visuals, but nothing more. Many of the cutting
Between scenes without jumped more history between scene to another. Type
nervous and fast, the movie tries to find somewhere in its history in the middle
Way, and not the mind.
Meg Ryan once again proves itself to make another film different
Let viewers still guessing. Renouncing his innocent / beauty functions
the most serious, it is jumping back into comedy to try their beauty and charm
again. The only problem is that the public no longer go see
His role in these movies to see her as a serious actress. As with Omar Epps
looking like a woman on the poster and the cover of the box of the film, this film makes you
turn the head to one side like a confused
Dog.

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