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Originally Posted by CPH
I bought the movie as well and I was somewhat disappointed but maybe not as much as you; I never expected a 'rise to glory' sort of thing so I wasn't hugely let down by the fact that the guy was simply not a fighter (or even an athlete) - just a troubled fellow looking to learn something about himself. What I did like about the movie was the atmosphere and the 'realness'. The guy may have been a mess but he was genuine and I found his plight interesting.
What disappointed me more was the lack of structure in the way the story was told and the lack of any sort of resolution at the end. He traveled so far and went through so much but in the end, found nothing(?). I realize that this was a documentary and that the film-makers basically gambled on something interesting coming out of this but well, it didn't quite pan-out...
PS: Imagine they had done a documentary about that kid Antuan Pinto (Siangboxing) - that would have been something really great for the hardcore MT buffs/practitioners!
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I wish fight or flight was made about Antuan or his brother. It world have been a masterpiece.