The Fighter

In 2010, the long-time passion project of Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter, came to life. Covering the lives of professional boxers and half-brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, The Fighter was directed by David O. Russell, and stars Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. Made for $25M, The Fighter pulled in $130M in the box office, and this flick covers a lot of ground, like family squabbles, picking up bartenders, Massachusetts accents, crack addiction, and oh yeah, boxing. But does it hold up? Listen as Jon, Colin, and guest host Dave discuss subtitled movies, the pride of Lowell, and caricatures of characters as we see if The Fighter can box its way out of a wet paper bag, or if it smokes too much crack and goes down jumping out of a window to be confronted by our Moms.