Against the Ropes (2004)

Against the Ropes: Directed by Charles S. Dutton. With Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub. A fictional story inspired by North America’s most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

“This movie has been described as a cross between a boxing film and a chic flic. Some women canu0026#39;t stomach boxing films and many men really loathe chic flics. Nevertheless, if you can overcome your aversion to one or the other this movie can be quite entertaining. Even though they are few and far between, I like boxing movies, and I thought the fight scenes in this movie were pretty good. Lots of stereotypes in this film, of course, but then thatu0026#39;s what most boxing movies are all about. Good versus evil and – at least in this one – maybe even men versus women. Anyway, itu0026#39;s not high art – just a pretty good movie.”