Fight to the Finish Page #2

Synopsis: A young amateur fighter makes an enemy with a hardened thug when he gets in-between his next-door neighbor and her abusive ex- boyfriend. As his personal life becomes threatened, he realizes he must finish the fight that he started, but this time they'll settle it in the ring for the championship.
Genre: Action, Romance, Sport
Director(s): Warren Sheppard
Production: LionsGate Entertainment
 
IMDB:
3.5
PG-13
Year:
2016
94 min
54 Views


Hammer-fist, hammer-fist.

There you go.

Yeah, hit her, hit her.

There you go. That's it.

Hey, man, sorry,

I didn't mean to disturb you.

It's, OK. Do your thing.

Man, I don't mean to pry,

I know you got

a fight coming up, but,

you got some

pretty nice moves there.

You ever think about

fighting professionally?

No. I'm...

I'm not a professional.

I don't know, with moves like that,

I'd definitely consider it.

- Really?

- Yeah.

You think I'm that good?

And I've been

around the game a long time.

And, I know a champ when I see one.

Thanks.

What about you? You ever fight?

I Wasn't skilled or fast enough.

Come on, nobody aspires to be

just changing out towels.

I did a little something

back in my day. Little bit.

Yeah? What happened?

Age happened. I got old.

What'd you say

your name was again?

I'm Silas.

Sean.

Nice to meet you.

I hope to see you around again.

Good luck.

Your chariot awaits, Mr. Champ.

Thank you, thank you.

Excuse me, can I get

your autograph please?

Him or me?

- Big Jeff, please. We're big fans.

- Sure.

- Have at it.

- What?

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

- I really appreciate it.

- Can I also get your autograph?

- Sure.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Have a nice evening.

- You too.

Little more practice,

you too can be a legend.

With a little more practice?

Have the fans chase you

all night long,

everywhere you go.

- Can I please?

- Yeah.

- Sounds exciting.

- Are you ready for that?

Obviously not.

Well, look at this, I'm on

with two champs tonight?

- Get in the car, let's go.

- OK, just give me...

What?

What have you got here?

- I Want you to have it.

- What is it?

Open it.

Whoa!

Five K. You won that'?

That's a lot of money.

Make sure you pay your taxes.

I Want you to have it.

What?

It's gonna help out a lot

with the mortgage, Dad.

- Sean, I can't take...

- Dad!

What are you always telling

me and Jake about pride?

With mom facing possible layoffs

and your disability check

barely making ends meet,

this could tide you guys over.

I mean, just until something

better comes along.

- I can't do it, Sean.

- I know it's due two Weeks.

All right, son. Thank you.

Love you, too.

- What?

- Just a little tender.

Just a bit.

Yo, we going or What y'all?

I'm hungry.

You're always hungry.

Can't take you anywhere.

- Get in the car.

- Tell him to get in the car.

- Get in the car.

- And, and you get in the car...

- Let's move it.

- I'm working on it.

You act like you've

been in a fight or something.

- Nice fight, son.

- Thanks.

Yeah.

Do you wanna come up

and see the place?

Nah, maybe next time.

If I don't get home soon,

I may be your new roommate.

I wanna see.

Next time, you've got school tomorrow.

Yo, I'll catch you latter champ.

- All right, man, take it easy.

- Good night, Jake.

Later, man.

- Goodnight.

- See, ya.

Night, son.

Melissa!

Open this door, Melissa!

I know you're in there, open up.

It's me.

Good morning, gentlemen.

- Morning, Mom.

- Morning, sweetie.

L-Hey, hey, hey!

So, so What,

you gonna make it a habit

of coming by here

for breakfast in the morning?

Nah, I just haven't gone grocery

shopping yet, Dad.

- Hello, Mom.

- Hello, Sean.

I won last night.

I see. Very proud. Congratulations.

Did anybody remember to bring in

the newspaper this morning?

So how was your first night

at your place, son?

It was good,

Dad, thanks for asking.

Hey, Mom, listen...

Jake, do you have

your things ready for school?

Yeah. Bye, Sean.

Later, bud.

- Bye, Dad.

- Bye, son.

Is the trophy not big enough

for you or something?

I will speak to you later.

I love you.

And I'm glad you're all right.

Damn it!

- Thanks.

- There you go.

Nice face.

Thank you.

Are you new to the building?

Yeah. I just moved in.

Nice. Well, I'll see you around.

Master Kiko...

I won tonight.

You'd be proud. I'm on my own.

I've managed to stay out of trouble.

Just like you taught me.

I miss you.

Thank you.

Strength through serenity.

Be calm.

Subtract everything around you.

Skill will win, anger will lose.

The body's tough to control

when '(he mind is not focused.

Breathe. Be steady.

Focus. Then strike.

A fighter who fights to win,

loses nothing and gains everything.

But if he believes,

he's a winner who fights to win,

he loses... everything.

Open this door! Now! Open up!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Can you keep it down?

There's other people living here.

Mind your business.

Look, man, I don't mean

any disrespect, OK?

I just simply

asked you not be so loud.

You don't mean to disrespect,

but you're coming

in between me and my girl?

Listen,

I don't Want any trouble, dude.

Trouble? You ain't seen trouble,

but you're about to

if you don't get out...

No, Gage!

- Open the door!

- Hey! That's enough!

Go away!

It ain't no fight if you don't

come with something.

You really Want to do this here?

Absolutely.

Stop! Stop it!

Gabriel, get off of him!

This ain't over by a long shot.

You OK?

I should be

asking you the same thing.

I'm fine. You should have

just minded your own business.

You're welcome.

Wait. Are you sure you're OK?

I'll live.

Just, let me patch you up.

Come on.

So What are you? Some kind of

neighborhood watch nurse?

Drop the neighborhood Watch.

Just nurse.

What happened to you?

Your girl beat you up?

Her neighbor jumped me.

OK.

Just stop moving

and it wouldn't hurt so much.

You this mean

to all your patients?

Just the ones

who try to be heroes.

- He's got a mean right hook.

- Kids got some moves then?

Yeah, that's What I just said.

I can't stop

this freaking bleeding.

You are not going to

make this easy on me are you?

Well, I was trying to.

How much longer is this going to take?

I'm done.

You know, I got some boys

that will take care of him,

if you know What I mean.

Hey, I've been out for eight months,

you think I wanna go back?

That's not What I'm saying.

OK, I'm just saying, you know,

if you Want to get him handled.

I need you to chill out and stop

stressing me out about a hit.

You understand What I'm saying?

Not bad.

Thank you for helping me.

He just needed to cool off.

- You two breaking up?

- Yeah.

Doesn't feel like

he's taking it too well.

I need you to put the word out

on the street for me.

Find out who this guy is.

- Alright. Tomorrow I can..

- Did you hear What I said?

I need you to find out

who this guy is

and get back to me

so I can finish What he started.

I'm actually having this little

housewarming party

get together a little later.

Do you wanna stop bye?

Could be pretty cool.

I live right across the hall.

Maybe. I need to think about it.

OK. Maybe I'll see you later.

Maybe. I'll Walk you out.

I'll finish it.

You better believe it.

- Who is it?

- Billy.

It's open.

Damn!

What's up?

Well, I came over

after I heard What happened.

My neighbor's... boyfriend was being

a prick so we Went a couple rounds.

Damn, really?

Wish I was here, man, that would have

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