Fight Night (film)

Fight Night

Domestic Artwork
Directed by Jonathan M. Dillon
Produced by Jonathan M. Dillon
Nick Kimutis
Bobby McGee
Written by Ian Shorr
Starring Rebecca Neuenswander
Chad Ortis
Music by Ryan Adison Amen
Patrick Kirst
Cinematography Hanuman Brown-Eagle
Edited by Jonathan Dillon
Distributed by Peace Arch (US)
Cinemavault Releasing (International)
Release dates
  • September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10) (SoCal)
Running time
104 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Fight Night (also known as Rigged) is a feature length action/adventure film produced in the United States in 2008. It was shot mostly in the state of Kansas.[1] It was released in the US in 2009.

Plot

Michael Dublin (Chad Ortis) is a shyster specialised in illegal betting. One night during an illegal car race he gets beaten up by a participant whose car he's previously sabotaged. When his opponents are about to stash him away, a feisty female neighbor steps in. Katherine Parker (Rebecca Neuenswander) saves him and Dublin is impressed by how artfully she decks her much heavier, more muscular opponent. The next morning, Dublin finds Parker and asks her to hire him as promoter. She refuses him at first, but after she ends up in prison for attending an illegal boxing event and Dublin manages to get her out, he persuades her to go on a tour with him. Picking up fights all over the country, Parker gains notoriety as a skilled fighter, and aims to participate as a challenger in a notorious annual underground boxing event in Miami.

Selected Cast

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. It has been characterised as a "fast-talking, hard-hitting romp" [2] Variety's Robert Koehler called it similarly "a lean and mean saga" but objected to the intentional crowdpleasing happy end.[3] Christopher Armstead from Film Critics United criticised a certain lack of reality in regards to Katherine Parker shown as being able to knock out much heavier men, yet he admitted watching Neuenswander's performance he eventually "did buy into the fantasy of it all".

Awards

References

  1. Niccum, Jon (2008-09-23). "Street-fighting woman: Local boxing film battles its way into national spotlight". ljworld.com. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  2. Ott, J. (2007-08-03). "Movie Review: Fight Night (formerly Rigged)". http://makingthemovie.info. Retrieved 2015-01-17. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. Koehler, Robert (2008-08-05). "Review: ‘Rigged’". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

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