Hviezdne obsadená biografická dráma Fighter - Boxer, v hlavných úlohách s Markom Wahlbergom a Christianom Balom, rozpráva skutočný príbeh o nepravdepodobnej ceste Mickyho Warda za boxerským titulom. V jeho rockyovskej ceste ho viedol nevlastný brat Dicky, bývalý šampión, ktorý kedysi úspešnú kariéru vymenil za drogy a kriminálnu činnosť. Túžba poraziť súpera v ringu sa mení i v boj za rodinu a vlastnú hrdosť.

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.