Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michelle Rodriguez | ... | Diana Guzman | |
Jamie Tirelli | ... | Hector Soto | |
Paul Calderon | ... | Sandro Guzman | |
Santiago Douglas | ... | Adrian Sturges | |
Ray Santiago | ... | Tiny Guzman | |
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Víctor Sierra | ... | Ray Cortez |
Elisa Bocanegra | ... | Marisol | |
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Shannon Walker Williams | ... | Veronica |
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Louis Guss | ... | Don |
Herb Lovelle | ... | Cal | |
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Thomas Barbour | ... | Ira |
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Graciella Ortiz | ... | Female Student |
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J.P. Linton | ... | Mr. Price |
Iris Little Thomas | ... | Ms. Martinez | |
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Dadi Pinero | ... | Edward |
At 18, Diana has a chip on her shoulder; she's close to expulsion from high school for fighting, her mother is dead, her dad is surly, the popular girls at school set her teeth on edge, she knows men can cause pain. When she picks up her younger brother at a Brooklyn gym where he boxes to please his father, she decides she wants to train. Hector, a coach, reluctantly agrees to teach her. It's soon clear to him that Diana has talent; he pushes her. She spends time with another young fighter, Adrian, who has a girlfriend, but Diana intrigues him and stirs real feelings he tries to articulate. She, too, must accommodate her toughness and ironic detachment to her feelings for him. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
"Girlfight" follows a project dwelling New York high school girl from a sense of futility into the world of amateur boxing where she finds self esteem, purpose, and much more. Although the film is not about boxing, boxing is all about the film. So much so you can almost smell the sweat. Technically and artistically a good shoot with an sense of honesty and reality about it, "Girlfight" is no chick flick and no "Rocky". It is, rather, a very human drama which even viewers who don't know boxing will be able to connect with.