I've always found Mark Wahlberg to lack any kind of charisma on screen apart from his debut movie Boogie Nights. However, even though I liked him in this film it's a shame the film wasn't so flawed.
Even though I like Biopics I can't help but find that they ALL tell the exact same story but through different famous actors, musicians, fighters... - for example this seems to be the common tale:
Man is from an extremely poor upbringing,
Man is found to have a very good talent,
Man is rocketed to superstardom, sometimes told through montage,
Man can't handle fame and fortune develops an addiction and becomes a womaniser,
Man is falling in popularity but has a cult following,
Man gets old and dies,
Mans legacy lives on,
The end.
This isn't too different for The Fighter. I will say the fight sequences in the film are superb, it's kind of a shame there isn't more, I understand the film makers were trying to focus on characters and story but let's face it, we've seen this a million times before.
Another little problem I had was with Christian Bale, he is a very good actor but for some reason I just couldn't buy into him.
The film isn't bad but isn't great either which is why I scored it 5/10
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