Fists - you have to fight for your rights
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fists - you have to fight for your rights |
| Original title | gladiator |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rowdy Herrington |
| script |
Robert Mark Kamen Lyle Kessler |
| production |
Steve Roth Frank Price |
| music | Brad Fiedel |
| camera | Tak Fujimoto |
| cut |
Peter Zinner Harry B. Miller III |
| occupation | |
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Fists - You must fight for your rights (Original title: Gladiator ) is a boxer film by the director Rowdy Herrington from 1992 with u. a. Cuba Gooding Jr. , Brian Dennehy and Robert Loggia .
action
Student Tommy Riley moves to another part of Chicago and is instantly provoked by black members of a youth gang both in school and on the street. The first fight comes promptly, but Tommy can successfully defend himself with his fists, because he is an ambitious boxer himself.
Pappy Jack, a boxing match organizer, happens to be present at a brawl and becomes aware of Tommy. He recruits Tommy to fight for his boxing stable. After initial hesitation, Tommy finally agrees because he urgently needs the money to be able to pay off his father's gambling debts. From then on he fought for the profit-addicted Jimmy Horn, the owner of the illegal boxing stable.
Since Tommy is a good boxer, he can win the fights and get the prize money. However, when he is supposed to compete against his friend Abraham Lincoln Haines, he refuses, because Lincoln had a blood clot in his brain - caused by punching the head too hard. But Horn insists on the fight and at the same time ignores the doctor's urgent recommendation to give Lincoln a 60-day break from boxing.
When the boxing match comes, Tommy decides for himself to break off the fight so as not to endanger the life of his friend, who is already a family man. But Lincoln absolutely wants to continue the fight, also because he needs the money. In the end, however, he lets Tommy persuade him and decides to leave the boxing stable forever so that he no longer has to fight for Horn.
Horn refuses to accept Lincoln's decision and knocks him out of the boxing ring with a targeted blow. Tommy then challenges Horn to a fight. Should Horn win, Tommy will continue to fight for him, but if he loses, Tommy is free. Horn agrees to this deal, and the fight between the two immediately ensues. Eventually Tommy defeats Horn and is free.
criticism
“The drama, wallowing in dark colors, is not always believable, but it is made honorable and touching. Conclusion: Well-cast boxer film with style and feeling. "
Web links
- Fists - You have to fight your right in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fists - You have to fight for your rights in the online film database
- Fists - You have to fight your right at Rotten Tomatoes (English)