The Sunday Leader By Sumaya SamarasingheReviewing a film about boxing can be somewhat of a challenge for a person like me who just completely fails to understand what can possibly be so attractive in watching grown men beat each other to pulp.
Sure there are tactics and moves, but there is pain and blood and possibly permanent physical and mental damage…However, The Fighter which is one of the latest films made about boxing, the story is more of a social study of a certain section of society which uses sports, in this case boxing, to claw their way out of poverty. The Fighter by David O Russel is the real story of welterweight boxer Micky Ward played by Wahlberg and his crack and cocaine addicted half brother Dicky, who 10 years before enjoyed his moment of fame when he knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard.
Micky is just a nice guy, a road paver by day who tries his very best to juggle being a divorced father with an angry ex wife. In addition to this, he has to deal with a tough mother ( Melissa Leo, Oscar for Best Supporting Actress) who completely mismanages his career and seven sisters with unforgettable hairdos who just seem to sit around at home and do absolutely nothing.
Christian Bale who plays Dicky has become the king of physical transformation. Previously, the crown would have gone to Robert de Niro who had this habit earlier on in his career to gain and lose weight, shave his head, bulk up etc…
In The Fighter Bale is frightful looking, thin to an extreme, twitching from all over. But on the other hand, his personality is so much more overpowering than his brother’s. He is charming, funny and witty, and that’s what makes people, including his family put up with his crazy antics.
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