‘Fighting’ movie review: Channing Tatum solid in bare-knuckle B-movie
Fighting is director Dito Montiel’s solid-if-unspectacular B-movie that knows what it is and is firmly rooted in its origins
July 1, 2009
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Fighting is director Dito Montiel’s solid-if-unspectacular B-movie that knows what it is and is firmly rooted in its origins
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