A Fighting Man Page #2

Synopsis: An aging fighter (Dominic Purcell) in search of redemption steps into the ring with a hungry young pugilist (Izaak Smith) with something to prove in this boxing drama featuring James Caan and Louis Gossett, Jr. co-star in a film featuring Famke Janssen, Kim Coates, Adam Beach, Sheila McCarthy and Michael Ironside.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Damian Lee
Production: Sony Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
R
Year:
2014
88 min
117 Views


laying on a guy, okay?

So let's win it. You

cannot outmuscle this kid.

You cannot outfight him

and you can't outrun him.

But you outweigh him and you can

outthink him. You wanna win it?

- Yeah.

- You're the heavier one, lay on him.

Keep your head on the right side of him.

Let the kid get cocky. Listen to me.

Hey. Hey. What are you doing?

What the hell's the matter?

You wanna win the fight?

Keep your head on that right

shoulder. Once you get that rhythm,

setup, he drops down,

you cross him, okay?

Cubby. And what's this

I hear about King?

I'm gonna give the

kid another chance.

- King is a screwup.

- No, no, he's all cleaned up now.

- The kid does have talent. Real talent.

- Yeah, he's always had talent.

I poured a lot of money into him,

and you gotta have it

to go with that talent.

- Yeah, well, he's going to have a baby.

- There's a disaster waiting to happen.

He got married to a

nice, young girl.

He was my fighter before

you stole him from me.

I did not steal him. Hey, look.

You've got that night

coming up at the Lion Head?

- Yeah.

- I want you to get King a fight there.

- Maybe as an undercard.

- No, no, no, main event.

- What? Look, King is no main event.

- Yes, he is.

I'll put up the purse, man.

Ten-thousand dollars.

Ten rounds.

You really think he has

his head on straight?

Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

All right, I'll take

a piece of him.

No, no, no. Ha, ha.

He doesn't like you.

- I'll take 50 percent of him.

- He's not for sale.

Hey, look, you know he was

my fighter before you took him.

I didn't steal him. Hey, you know why

all your fighters leave you, man? Huh?

- Because you steal them from me.

- Yeah.

Same reason why your wife left you.

The same reason why I left you.

Just give me a piece of the kid.

Hey, look.

You line up something for King, hm?

Someone the kid could handle, huh?

More than just a warm body,

but somebody he could beat, huh?

I want it kept local.

I don't wanna bear the expense

of bringing somebody in here.

What about Charlie Simms?

No, he's in prison. Armed robbery.

Teddy Bigfoot?

Teddy Bigfoot? Teddy Bigfoot,

man, he's a lot of Bigfoot.

Man, he's 350 pounds now.

- Bigfoot, yeah.

- Yeah.

Hey.

How about Sailor O'Connor?

- Sailor?

- Yeah.

Is he still fighting?

No, but it might not really matter.

I mean, if I could get him

to take one more fight.

- People loved him.

- Yeah, yeah, he was very popular.

Everybody wanted to see if he

was gonna get knocked down.

- Yeah.

- And every fighter wanted to be the first.

That's a good hook, man.

Yeah, that'd be big if King

could knock Sailor down. Heh.

- That's good.

- Yeah. I'm gonna run it by King.

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Damian Lee

Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, No Exit and Ski School. He started his own production company, Rose & Ruby Productions, in the 1980s. more…

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