The Fighter: A Big Contender In The Oscar Ring
A review of the film "The Fighter."
This week, in honor of Oscar night in Hollywood, Patch is reviewing the box office hit, The Fighter. The Fighter is based on the true story of boxers 'Irish' Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund. Ward and Eklund are half-brothers from a large family from Lowell, Massachusetts. The Fighter is much more than your ordinary "hero" boxing film. The Fighter dives deep into the relationships between Ward, Eklund and their family. Director David O Russell examines the line between what it means to be a brother and a boxer. In an ironic twist, The Fighter, ins't necessarily about Ward's rise to boxing fame, but instead about his fight to keep his family together. Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg and Eklund, played by Christian Bale, are a unlikely pair to act …
