Fightville

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  • Opened April 20, 2012 (NY, LA)
  • 1 hr 25 min

  • Over the last decade, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has grown from a controversial no-holds-barred gladiatorial sideshow into a billion dollar phenomenon. MMA has eclipsed boxing as the dominant combat sport in the world, and is so popular that MMA fights regularly appear on U.S. network television – even as a longstanding ban remains in force in New York State. But far from Las Vegas, in sweat-soaked gyms and low-rent arenas across America, the big lights are but a dream. Here, men fight to test their mettle, fortified with the mythic promise that an ordinary man can transform into a champion. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier, Albert Stainback, Gil "The Thrill" Guillory, "Crazy" Tim Credeur
  • Director: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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Slant Magazine
| Michael Nordine

Fightville's most worthwhile material tends to lie in the space between what its subjects say and what we know to be true. Read full review

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The A.V. Club
| Scott Tobias

The dramatic stakes are high in Fightville, and Epperlein and Tucker shine a little light on the margins of this marginalized sport. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

Fightville, you had me at "gladiator school." Read full review

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Los Angeles Times
| Robert Abele

By the end, Fightville feels authentic about this world, where success may be measured in wins, but the balance of unrelenting brutality and self-discipline needed for those wins is a trickier equation. Read full review

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Albert Stainback in "Fightville."