A second, very effective trailer for David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”, which definitely doesn’t take any prisoners or pulls any punches when it comes to the very sorry nature of pretty much everyone that surrounds our hero played by Mark Wahlberg. Well, except for the no-nonsense love of his spunky girlfriend played by Amy Adams. See, because our hero isn’t just a fighter in the ring, but he’s a fighter outside the ring, too, being that his family is pretty much all a P.O.S. Or so it seems from this trailer. The Fighter is the inspirational, true story of these two brothers who, against all the odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that will unite their fractured family, redeem their pasts and, at last, give their hard-luck town what it’s been waiting for: pride. Starring Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg,...
- 10/18/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
We invite you to check out the first trailer as well as two new images from Paramount Pictures' incredible "The Fighter" starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Robert Wahlberg, Jack McGee, Salvatore Santone, Sean Patrick Doherty, Dendrie Taylor and Jenna Lamia . This one looks impressive with strong performances from the David O'Russell ("Three Kings," "I Heart Huckabees") film. Scott Silver, Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy wrote the screenplay from the story by Keith Dorrington, Tamasy and Johnson. Catch it in theatres from December 10th. Tells of Irish boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his journey to fight for the world lightweight title. He was trained by his brother Dicky, an ex-drug-addict who turned trainer who once floored Sugar Ray Leonard. He had hard hitting fights including with Arturo Gatti among others. The ninth round of the first Gatti vs. Ward fight was called the round of the century by Emanuel Steward.
- 9/20/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have added the first trailer for director David O. Russell's upcoming boxing drama 'The Fighter'. The Paramount Picture film stars Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams.'The Fighter' also stars Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Dendrie Taylor, Jenna Lamia, Salvatore Santone, Chanty Sok, Bianca Hunter, Robert Wahlberg, Sean Patrick Doherty, James Shalkoski Jr., Caitlin Dwyer and Erica McDermott.Watch the trailer below in standard or high definition;'The Fighter' is released in the Us from December 10th, just in time for the awards season.'The Fighter', is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's (Mark Wahlberg) unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky (Christian Bale), a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being...
- 9/16/2010
- by Anthony Pearson
- Monsters and Critics
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