Such a frustrating disappointment

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

I wanted to but couldn't!

The acting in this movie is really good.

Well, it was better than I thought it was going to be...A seedy promoter tries to profiteer off a female boxer. This is a bit like the reverse Million Dollar Baby... Instead of Hilary Swank being encouraged by Clint Eastwood to be the best she could be and win the World Title, here we see Rebecca Neuenswander (I ain't typing THAT again) and Chad Ortis are only in it for the money, by participating in illegal fights. MDB was also realistic in that it only pitted Swank against female opponents she had a chance of beating. Here, the female pugilist regularly downs men that must be three times her size without that much effort. True, she does receive a few bumps and bruises, but check out how quickly they heal. Talk about scrubbing up well.And of course, there are corrupt managers who would try anything to make more dough, including bribery, threats and physical violence. You also don't need a crystal ball to anticipate what'll happen to our two leads and that their initial plans near the end are all just one big red herring. In fact, the entire story could be taught in Screen writing Classes 101 about how to put together a serviceable plot with no surprises or twists, lest unimaginative members of the audience have a heart attack. Does this make it a bad film? No... it passes the time, and Rebecca N can genuinely be described as a 'discovery'. Just don't expect anything more than 'mediocre'. 5/10

When you sit down to watch this movie you know your taking a risk, your gut tells you there's so much that could go wrong with this film even before you start watching.The plot is essentially the traditional boxing story with a twist, the underdog in this case Katherine Parker who is played by first time actor Rebecca Neuenswander whom similar to her on screen persona has the odds stacked against her here as she attempts to convince us that the good looking girl can punch above her weight. The film starts out on shaky ground you feel it just wants to get its prize fighter on screen as soon as possible but this is justified as Neuenswander puts in a performance that defies her c.v. and shows flash's in her work that with the right direction could see her going on to bigger projects. Guiding Katherine Parker through the seedy underworld of illegal boxing is her fast talking manager Michael Dublin played by Chad Ortis, Dublin as he is commonly referred to is portrayed in a convincing performance as desperate and morally bankrupt individual with underlying currents of self loathing about the man he is and fear about the man he might become. The action scenes come thick and fast as Parkers rise to notoriety gathers momentum. It is in these scenes the obvious physical limitations of Neuenswander's character facing her sizable opponents might raise the first doubt you have about her ability to beat her burley opposition but upon reflection i guess thats what an underdog does, he or she defies the odds to succeed and is a good metaphor for what this film is, it defies the odds and surprises you, it makes you think not to be a movie snob and avoid something just because you don't know the actors because sometimes taking a risk pays off.

Boxing promoter in the underground fight game runs across a young woman with the power and ability to take out men twice her size. Hooking up they begin to make inroads into the fight game until the past and emotions begin to spin everything sideways. This fight drama is an okay little film. Its flashy low budget and independent attempts to spice things up (there are distracting titles as to places and times-how many times is it New Years Eve?) never really amount to very much. This is a run of the mill little film who?s dreams out distance its reach.Normally I?d stop there and say that its worth seeing if you run across it but you didn't have to search it out. This time however I'm going to do something different and say that if you want to see a really good performance and what is sure to be an early performance by someone who is sure to be a big actress see this film. Rebecca Neuenswander who plays Katherine Parker, the fighter, is amazing. She gives a performance that is assured and radiant (even when she?s getting punched in the face). She is haunting in away that few actresses are. In all honesty I was ready to give up on this film early on but then there was this small young girl beating the snot out of this much bigger guy in an alley and I was hooked. Talk about making an entrance. Amazing. She has a fantastic screen presence something very few actresses, even established ones have. If she is can continue to get interesting roles and hopefully something that will get her noticed I think she?ll be huge. Then again if she can be arresting with this mediocre script odds are she?ll be able to make her own luck. She is an actress to watch. See this for Rebecca so that in five years you can say you saw her when...

Definitely better than 5.5 it has got now. definitely not among the finest action / sports movies ever made, but in summary i called it "Female Rocky" well watch it and decide whether i am wrong or not.It has got all a catchy story, whole lot of drama and pretty good action sequences but above all it has got good acting performances and screenplay which is definitely missing in recent action movies. performance of Chad Ortis and Rebecca Neuenswander is mind blowing and it is the face expressions that made it that good.Also hats off to Jonathan Dillon the director for completely capturing the situations perfectly and to Ian Shorr the writer for adding situational drama in the movie, it ended as an romantic movie after being a complete action drama but still no points should be deducted for that as it made the end feel good.summary of all above mentioned points it is 8/10 movie and one should not miss it. definitely watchable once or more