Directed by David O Russel, the movie is based on true story of Micky ward and Dicky Eklund who are half brothers. Micky played by Mark Wahlberg has grown up looking at Dicky played by Christian Bale. Dicky who is a crack head and is more of a casual guy who roams around keeping a hand on his brother’s shoulder. Dicky is being filmed for a documentary which he thinks its for his comeback, but everybody knows it’s all about his fall of his career and so forth and so on. Micky has been grown up boxing along with Dicky who has once defeated Sugar Ray who used to be a champion at that time. Micky’s mother played by Melissa Leo as Alice is acting as his manager and he has 7 sisters who are stalled at home. Micky on the other hand meets Charlene played by Amy Adams. She understands Micky’s family is the reason for his decline in boxing career and asks him to train with someone else. Things take a deliberate drift when Micky starts reacting in order to change his professional boxing career.
The film doesn’t allow the central character Micky to outshine, whereas Dicky, Alice and Charlene have sparked in the movie as their role offers it. But it’s Christian Bale who has given larger than life kind of acting skill which is spot on to the character who is a crack head, scrawny physique and a cigarette on his ear all time long. The Movie offers the proper insight into a Boxer’s life and the issues it carries with it. Scenes aren’t that visceral but a few blood spills is what you can expect. An Award is what I expect for Christian Bale for BEST Supporting Actor. He is the core part of the movie and would not want to miss his performance.
Rating: 4/5- Very Good
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