The Fighter

The Fighter

It's been a while since have seen Christian Bale on the big screen, in fact he hasn't had a movie since Public Enemies, which mark Wahlberg has turned his hand to comedy this year.

But the pair are set to unite for boxing drama The Fighter, which tells the story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer brother Dick Eklund.

And while we have had plenty of boxing movies over the years The Fighter looks set to be one of the early must sees movies of the new year.

There are already Oscar whispers for Bale's performance, who seems to go above and beyond the call of duty once again.

Directed by David O'Russell the movie also stars Amy Adams, Melissa Leo and Jack McGee.

The movie follows a determined pugilist whose career in the ring was shepherded by his loyal half-brother, Dicky (Christian Bale) -- a hard-living boxer-turned-trainer whose own career in the ring was nearly sent down for the count due to drugs and crime

Perennial underdog Irish Micky rebounded from a disheartening series of defeats to win both the WBU Intercontinental Lightweight title and the WBU Light Welterweight title thanks to a fierce combination of determination and hard work.

The Fighter is released 4th February. Take a look at some images from The Fighter.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw


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