LoginAgainst the Ropes (Full Screen Edition) - Region 1 DVD
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The Rocky formula nearly wears out its welcome in Against the Ropes, a highly fictionalized feel-good drama based on the life of pioneering female boxing promoter Jackie Kallen. In an egregious effort to distill the essence of Kallen's achievement, director Charles S. Dutton (who fared better with HBO's The Corner) has strictly played it safe, delivering a foregone conclusion almost from the very first scene. Burdened with a by-the-numbers screenplay by Cheryl Edwards (Save the Last Dance), the film gets a much-needed boost from Meg Ryan, playing Kallen as a brassy, smoky-voiced dynamo, rising to the challenge when a rival
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Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Release date: 1 July 2004
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792190592 UPC: 097360568646
Release date: 1 July 2004
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792190592 UPC: 097360568646
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