Knockout

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Summary: Knockout!!!
Review: I rented Knockout thinking that it would be like Girlfight. Girlfight was an amazing movie, with amazing acting. Knockout is an insult to Girlfight by just having the same SUBJECT matter. It was the worst movie I've ever seen with bad acting and a predictable ending. It was a waste of money, and a waste of time. Whatever you do, DON'T SEE KNOCKOUT!

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Summary: Someone please knock me out!
Review: I rented Knockout thinking that it would be like Girlfight. Girlfight was an amazing movie, with amazing acting. Knockout is an insult to Girlfight by just having the same SUBJECT matter. It was the worst movie I've ever seen with bad acting and a predictable ending. It was a waste of money, and a waste of time. Whatever you do, DON'T SEE KNOCKOUT!

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Summary: Good topic, bad movie
Review: I was very disappointed by this movie. I had seen the great movie about female boxing called SHADOW BOXERS and I wanted more. This was not even in the same league.

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Summary: Not THAT bad!
Review: OK-- just know what you're getting here. You're NOT buying this for the acting, script or other Oscar categories. You're buying this because it shows women beating each other up. Not so much boxing as landing 19-20 unblocked punches to the opponent's head or gut; each punch -judging by the sound effect-- would drop an elephant. Each boxer does a creditable job of grimacing, suffering and sweating. Way too much "plot" gets in the way here, but on DVD you can pass up the grease and go right for the meat.

Rating:
Summary: Not THAT bad!
Review: OK-- just know what you're getting here. You're NOT buying this for the acting, script or other Oscar categories. You're buying this because it shows women beating each other up. Not so much boxing as landing 19-20 unblocked punches to the opponent's head or gut; each punch -judging by the sound effect-- would drop an elephant. Each boxer does a creditable job of grimacing, suffering and sweating. Way too much "plot" gets in the way here, but on DVD you can pass up the grease and go right for the meat.

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Summary: Knockout!!!
Review: This movie is for female boxing fans. It is the rise and fall of a latina Female boxer. The story is about an attractive latina starting in to the boxing business after her best friend who is a boxer whos name is Sandra (Gina La Piana) is suffering from a severe knockout. Belle is caught to find her way to boxing glory and has her heart broken when both mother and father have both past away. If you want to watch a Femle Rocky watch this

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Summary: A Winning Movie
Review: To tell you the truth, My brother and I were not expecting a good movie...BUT We were both very surprised of how good and well done this film was made..the fight scenes were awesome...The story itself was very good and very exciting...I'll admit it did bring tears to my eyes..The walk in music they played for both fighters at the end of the movie was sad and exciting..ALSO The Main actress herself was herself a TOTAL KNOCKOUT!Very well worth the price for Video or DVD

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Summary: Sucker Punch
Review: Well, I fell for it. I should have paid more attention when picking out a movie to rent. I saw the box for this at the video store, and mistook it for "Girlfight", which I'd heard was great. In my own defense, the titles are similar, and they re-did the cover art for the box so it looked almost identical. Anyway, to sum it up, in my opinion they re-did the whole cover packaging/promo to capitalize on the buzz/success of "Girlfight". I popped it in and got a bad feeling when they started showing trailers for low budget straight-to-video flicks, and even worse when a music video of the main song for the movie, which sounded like elevator music and featured corny slomo clips from the movie preceded the main feature. When I saw the first few minutes and Maria Conchita Alonso showed up, I knew I'd fallen for it. (don't get me wrong, she's a talented actress, but I knew she wasn't in "Girlfight", the movie I'd been under the false impression I was renting).

So, apart from me feeling sort of cheated and mad at myself for not looking closer, the movie was OK. The plot involves Belle, a young Latino woman who is the daughter of an ex-champion boxer. One of her close friends is a female boxer, who--and I could see all this coming sooo far ahead of time it was really a drag--gets seriously injured during a match with a mean champ named "The Terminator", who resembles a female version of a bigger, more pumped up Ike Turner. Of course, Belle decides that the only thing to do is to become a boxer herself and avenge her friend. She lives with her caring, supportive yet protective Dad (her mother died of cancer when she was younger), who just happens to be a cop. Her love interest, also caring and supportive yet protective, is also a cop who works with her dad. Hmmm, they both have jobs that put their lives in danger in the line of duty...wonder what's gonna happen? She starts training and meets a sleazy manager who of course, pretends to care about her but just wants to exploit her. The actor they hired looks like a very low-rent Cary Elwes and is so young he barely manages to have a mustache. His acting was also really, really bad. Sorry, but it made me wince. I'm not even going to go into the plot any further because anyone who has seen Rocky, or almost anyone, knows exactly where this movie is going and how it will end.

This was not a completely terrible movie. Most of the acting was OK, and the lead actress was very good. There were good, strong female Latino role models. The final fight scene did get me sort of interested, even though I knew everything that was going to happen long before it did. The actress that played "The Terminator" did a great job of being unlikeable enough that I really did want Belle to kick her butt, and rooted for Belle-again, although there were absolutely no surprises. My favorite moment (maybe the only moment where I wasn't mad at myself for renting the movie by mistake) was when Belle slaps her sleazy manager after he's shown his true colors, yells at him, and then turns away only to suddenly fake a punch and watch him cringe back in fear, showing that she is really the one in charge.

The dialogue was really, really bad, my main complaint. One of their attempts to be witty was someone discussing boxing saying "size doesn't matter" and the female replying wryly, "now where have I heard that before?" Other lines that are supposed to have dramatic impact are "The doctors told me I may never walk again!" "Come on, you know you can trust me!" and "Your mother would have been so proud of you". I could go on and on. Nothing you haven't heard a million times before in bad soap operas or movies-of-the-week.

Maybe I'm being too mean-the filmmakers did make an effort, and I did sit through the whole thing voluntarily...but only because there was nothing else to watch while I worked out. You could do worse (especially if you are looking for a movie with strong female characters).