ON DVD: “Fighting”

Fighting is now out on DVD and I think I’m going to rent it.  The film stars Channing Tatum as Shawn MacArthur, a small-town boy who ends up in New York City with nothing.  To try to make ends meet, he starts selling knock-offs on the street but, after he meets scam artist Harvet Boarden (Terrence Howard), his life changes and he begins a career as a streetfighter.

Of course, any time you get involved with that kind of lifestyle, you’re going to run into some problems.  Shawn enjoys taking down professional boxers, MMA champions and ultimate fighters but eventually he …read more