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#4 The Fighter
Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale star in this inspirational docudrama. The film centres around the life of professional boxer Micky Ward, played by Wahlberg, and his older brother and trainer Dicky Eklund, for which Bale won the supporting actor Oscar.
Dicky is a former boxer who never made it big. His life is on a downward trajectory, having issues with drugs and being constantly in and out of jail. Micky is an average boxer, not as good as his elder brother, but he lives a clean life.
A tumultuous relationship unfolds as Dicky sees Micky rise to ranks he never thought he would. Micky begins to fulfil the potential that Dicky once had, but with Dicky constantly getting into trouble, Micky has to decide whether he wants to keep him around or cut him out and risk alienating the rest of his family.
Brilliantly shot by veteran director David O. Russell, if the movie has any problems, it is leaving out the trilogy of fights Micky Ward had against Arturo Gatti. That’s a bit like making a movie on Sachin Tendulkar and leaving out the 2011 World Cup. However, despite that rather gaping flaw, the movie is a highly entertaining one.
