OK, so it's based on a true story which is always a plus in my opinion. However, that said story has to be coherent, interesting and have likeable characters which this film has none of!
Basically, the story jumps all over the place, you know pretty much nothing about the main character and he just instantly seems to be a pro boxer after his first visit to boxing training and is incoherent. Also, there is nothing particularly likeable about the main protagonist, you don't care about him which is essential in a film like this, he's just a person which we know nothing about that has a temper and wants to fight for his rights to fight with a turban and beard (which, I don't think he should. If you enter a specific sport with specific rules, you respect them).
Mikey rourke is wasted here, purely because of the aforementioned reasons, bad writing and bad film. And, I say fighting film, but there is hardly any fighting at all, and what there is, is just poorly done. Overall avoid, an absolutely terrible film, bad writing, incoherent, bad acting from the main character, poor fighting scenes and an uninteresting story.
Go and watch a good fighting film like Southpaw, Undisputed 1/2, Rocky, The Raid etc
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