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Jackie Kallen isn't fighting for glory. She's fighting for respect. Inspired by a true story, Against The Ropes stars Meg Ryan as Kallen, a sassy, brassy boxing manager-in-the-making determined to change "Lethal" Luther Shaw (Omar Epps) from a mere street punk into a world-class prizefighter. To help Shaw rise to the rank of number-one contender, Jackie coaxes veteran trainer Felix Reynolds (Charles S. Dutton) out of retirement. But before they can all realize their dream of a championship bout, they must first learn what it takes to stand in each other's corner. It's not about how you fall. It's about how hard you fight back when you are Against The Ropes.

2004 · 1h 51m

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Against the Ropes

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Jackie Kallen isn't fighting for glory. She's fighting for respect. Inspired by a true story, Against The Ropes stars Meg Ryan as Kallen, a sassy, brassy boxing manager-in-the-making determined to change "Lethal" Luther Shaw (Omar Epps) from a mere street punk into a world-class prizefighter. To help Shaw rise to the rank of number-one contender, Jackie coaxes veteran trainer Felix Reynolds (Charles S. Dutton) out of retirement. But before they can all realize their dream of a championship bout, they must first learn what it takes to stand in each other's corner. It's not about how you fall. It's about how hard you fight back when you are Against The Ropes.

COMMON SENSE

Uninspired tale feels like a made-for-TV movie.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.4
Reviews 132
Fresh 15
Rotten 117

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2004
Run Time
1 hr 51 min
Rated
PG-13 for crude language, violence, brief sensuality and some drug material.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2003 by PARAMOUNT PICTURES. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Spanish (Spain) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Dutch , Italian , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.