I really enjoyed the story and the action - but I am confused by a few things (which if you haven't seen the movie you probably shouldn't read).
First, the whole situation where the window is shot out near the beginning is just odd...who leaves a gun laying around and then blames a woman for using it when she is being grabbed by a stranger? That seemed silly/contrived. But no big deal, I would still have rated the movie an 8 or so...except the real confusion comes at the end of the movie. Here I see too many logic leaps to comprehend - if a fighter leaves a tournament and then is seen fighting cops and other fighters OUTSIDE the ring...why do you turn a camera on this action? Because one of the talking heads points over there? Everyone just assumes the fighter is acting towards a noble end but the cops are NOT!? That made no sense. Then the main character supposedly wants to get to the ring to explain the fights are all a fix...a move which would have caused any fight crowd to boo him out of the building - but he doesn't even do that because he's presented the belts...by even MORE people who must have assumed/known he was pursuing some noble cause to go rewarding him for fighting his way through the police/security. How they knew this, I have no idea... And why is his mentor toting around a red belt? Just in case he finds some fighter at a cash tournament worthy of giving the top belt to?
I suspect the original script explained a LOT more, and might have had a different ending. Seemed like a lot was missing and the movie became impossible to follow or believe. This could make a decent rental though, especially if you can make sense of the ending.
First, the whole situation where the window is shot out near the beginning is just odd...who leaves a gun laying around and then blames a woman for using it when she is being grabbed by a stranger? That seemed silly/contrived. But no big deal, I would still have rated the movie an 8 or so...except the real confusion comes at the end of the movie. Here I see too many logic leaps to comprehend - if a fighter leaves a tournament and then is seen fighting cops and other fighters OUTSIDE the ring...why do you turn a camera on this action? Because one of the talking heads points over there? Everyone just assumes the fighter is acting towards a noble end but the cops are NOT!? That made no sense. Then the main character supposedly wants to get to the ring to explain the fights are all a fix...a move which would have caused any fight crowd to boo him out of the building - but he doesn't even do that because he's presented the belts...by even MORE people who must have assumed/known he was pursuing some noble cause to go rewarding him for fighting his way through the police/security. How they knew this, I have no idea... And why is his mentor toting around a red belt? Just in case he finds some fighter at a cash tournament worthy of giving the top belt to?
I suspect the original script explained a LOT more, and might have had a different ending. Seemed like a lot was missing and the movie became impossible to follow or believe. This could make a decent rental though, especially if you can make sense of the ending.