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Language
English
Formats
Description
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs and East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
2) S.W.A.T
Language
English
Formats
Description
When things get too tough for the cops, the cops call on the Special Weapons and Tactics unti - better known as S.W.A.T. Two wisecracking, battle-hardened veterans team up with a pair of street smart rookies to form the most free-wheeling, but effective, S.W.A.T. team ever. Their first assignment: transport an international drug kingpin to federal custody, after he's offered $100 million to anyone who will free him.
4) Raging Bull
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta. Includes bonus features.
5) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax
Language
English
Description
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
6) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
7) Rocky
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Stallone stars as an unknown boxer from the slums of Philadelphia who is given a once-in-a-lifetime shot at the world heavyweight title.
8) Creed
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
9) Creed
Publisher
Warner Home video
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
10) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
11) Rocky Balboa
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Rocky, the former heavyweight boxing champion known throughout the world, agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent thirty years his junior.
12) Savage dog
Publisher
XLrator Media
Language
English
Description
"Set in Indochina in 1959, a former champion boxer serving hard time in a brutal labor camp must fight against all odds to avenge a vicious act of vilence and for his freedom"--Container.
13) Rocky V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Rocky and his family must move to their old, low-rent neighborhood after all their money is lost by an an unscrupulous financial advisor and injuries force his retirement from the ring. As Rocky tries to resolve the resentment held by his son, a young boxer Rocky trained publicly taunts his mentor, and Rocky realizes he must fight once more.
14) Jungleland
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Stan and Lion are two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. While Stan trains Lion for the fight of his life, a series of events threaten to tear the brothers apart but their love for one another and belief in a better life keep them going.
15) Body and soul
Publisher
Olive Films
Language
English
Description
Charley Davis, a strong-willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a corrupt boxing syndicate. But when faced with the chance to regain his self-respect, Charley climbs into the ring one last time--in an unforgettable climatic fight scene.
16) Creed
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
17) The Hard Corps
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A military veteran that has spent his career in wartime, takes a job as a bodyguard for a boxer and his family who are being troubled by a rap mogul.
18) The quiet man
Publisher
Republic Entertainment Inc
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Joe is a championship boxer who is not supposed to die in a plane crash, but is brought to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. Mr. Jordan, the angel's boss, finds Joe a new body and gives him another chance to fight, but Joe meets a young woman who gives him a reason to live beyond prize fighting.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen format
Language
English
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
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