Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Blistering performances.

Greetings from Lithuania."Bleed for This" (2016) would be a good but by the number boxing movie except for one major exception - this is absolutely true story and this fact pushes this movie to better heights. This is a great inspirational story about hope and what happens when you don't give up in seemingly a "no way out" situation. Miles Teller gives a great performances (one of his best yet). Supporting characters were great as well. Overall, "Bleed for This" is a very good movie that shows a highly inspiring story. This is as well a good movie about boxing. It doesn't bring anything new to table, but its a damn good movie.

I do love me a good sports drama, it's like watching the event live on television. I'm always sitting upright shouting "Go on! Get in there! Phwoarr!". And Bleed For This is no different. The incredible true story of Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car accident, is unable to walk again let alone fight. However, through perseverance and determination he did just that. It takes many aspects from other modern boxing dramas. We have a hearty family full of sisters (The Fighter), an accident that causes a severe injury (Million Dollar Baby) and a sea of self-determination (Creed, Southpaw...the list goes on). Whilst admittedly those films are better as a whole, this is still an enjoyable film about battling through adversity. True story aside, the characters are brought to life by electrifying performances. Miles Teller transformed himself into the role. Aaron Eckhart played the coach role perfectly, with a subtle comedic undertone. The stand out, for me, was Ciaran Hinds who stole every scene. Pushing his son constantly to fight and then his character starts to develop and evokes empathy. I sympathised with him. Seeing your own flesh and blood getting punched to death at a risk he may lose his life, Hinds just looked on with fear! Extremely overlooked performance. Ben Younger's direction was solid throughout, however his screenplay was extremely inconsistent. Particularly during the second act where I felt disconnected with the story. Lacked emotion. The script just wasn't memorable or poignant enough for me to care. In saying that, Younger brings it back with the final boxing match which was electrifyingly powerful. Extremely well filmed with nice long shots! I felt every punch and was sold by Teller's physical performance. You could see the frustration in his eyes. All the pain he has been through, put into the match of his life. Brilliant. I just wished the second act was as resonating. Aside from that, a damn decent boxing drama.

The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sport's most incredible comebacks. Bleed For This was a film that i was actually kinda interested to see and since the Cast was pretty damn good i was expecting to be entertained by this film unfortunately the film was disappointing from start to finish. Miles Teller is trying way too hard to sell this image of him being an actual Boxer and he feels so miscast he also doesn't know how to fight he spends a big majority of the film being almost annoying and trying to crack jokes even in serious moments for example after his accident, he is also taunting more than actually boxing just think of Apollo Creed without the charm and being an 100% idiot. The acting is laughable and the dialogue at certain "sad" scenes just cracked me up and especially the accident sequence. The boxing sequences were also handled very poorly and they did not look believable not even for one second and this is very disappointing when you think of 2015's Creed and it's amazing camera angles especially during the fight scenes also it's story was very moving and inspiring something that this is not. Overall 'Bleed For This' lacks the charm, the spirit or the drama of a Real Champion also Miles Teller hasn't starred in a good movie since 2014's Whiplash so that says it all. I wish that i could like this film or i could say that it looks or sounds believable but it's not although if there's one good thing about it it's definitely the Soundtrack with all those great 80's songs but other than that i would recommend you to skip this film and maybe go and watch The Fighter or even better The Rocky Anthology including Creed. (1/10)

Darn. Just darn! If the boxing matches in this film were filmed a hell of a lot better, this film would have been nominated for picture of the year and etc, etc. The film is shot well but like I said before, the action choreography cheapens the film, and that is a darn shame because this isn't just your average Rocky-knockoff boxing picture. This film is based on a true story. This review will avoid any spoilers because that is how I went into this film and I'm better for it. All I knew about this film was that it is a boxing movie. I didn't even know it was based on a true story, they should have marketed it that way. This is a great film regardless of the action's short comings. After watching the film, I went as far as to look into the life of the boxer this film is based on. It all happened just like the film depicts. They do skip a few minor fights to add dramatic flare but whatever. But yeah, shame how the dramatic tension falls flat whenever he steps into the boxing ring. It is painful but I have to give this film a seven out of ten... maybe a 7.5 out of ten but I'll round up because the whatever and blah.