I hadn't heard anything about the Christy Martin Movie coming out or seen any trailers, but as soon as I saw the poster and the movie title, I knew exactly what this was and got excited. It seems like we're getting more boxing movies, which is exciting for fight fans. I know they have a Clarissa Shields movie on Amazon which I need to check out soon, and they have a movie about the 1984 Olympic boxing team for America coming to Netflix soon as well. But heard nothing about this Christy Martin movie coming out.
But I got a frozen whiskey and coke, a bag of popcorn, and got to enjoy a pretty good movie on my day off thanks to Christy...
Christy is not a chick flick. Christy is not a woman's empowerment movie. The movie Christy is an amazing biopic and a damn good boxing movie. I feel like they made this movie for boxing fans, which I appreciated. And on top of giving us a good ass sports movie, Christy Martin's life story is so insane it would be hard to believe some of the stuff in the film was real if they weren't documented.
I feel like this movie should definitely win some awards, not because Sydney Sweeney is some amazing actress, but the story is just that good and inspirational in a way. I definitely walked out of the theatre feeling ready to go face-to-face with tough situations.
Aside from an entertaining story, they did a good job making the action look good on film. It's easy to make boxing scenes look corny, but they did the sport justice. They also did a good job for the most part with the casting. The guy who played Jim Martin looked exactly like him. I thought Sydney Sweeney did a good job portraying Christy Martin's personality and intensity throughout the movie. The guy who played Don King gave us the most interesting version of Don King ever, while also keeping it real about who Don King is.
Some of the out-of-the-ring violence in the film was tough and could be triggering for some, but they kept a lot of that stuff to a minimum. But at the end of the day, it's a part of the Christy Martin story, and you can't tell her story without it.
But overall, I enjoyed the movie Christy. I wasn't corny and overly dramatic. It's just a good movie that both men and women would enjoy, and even more if you're a fan of boxing and sports. The action is good, the story is entertaining, and at times almost unbelievable, but it's a true story about a real fighter and a trailblazer in the sport of boxing. Christy Martin is a bad mofo, and so is her biopic. I rate the movie Christy :
8.6/10
BONUS: CHRISTY MARTIN IN RING HIGHLIGHTS
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