I really haven't seen many films that Mark Wahlberg is a good fit for. This is pretty close. I haven't seen many films that Christian Bale is bad in either. This is no exception. Wahlberg plays a "minor league" boxer, trying to stay in the ring and get a shot at a title. His druggie brother (Bale) and manager mom seem to have good intentions without the ability to keep their own ego's in check. The highlight of this film may be the scenes with Wahlberg's gang of half-sisters who, let just say, are not the most intelligent folks on this planet. Any scene they enter is automatically over-the-top and somehow just right at the same time.
3 stars (out of 5)
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