Against The Ropes

She gave the boxing world the one-two punch they never saw coming.

Inspired by a true character, but with fictional elements thrown in, Against the Ropes tells the story of Jackie Kallen, the most successful female boxing manager ever to make her mark on the game.

Jackie (Meg Ryan) is introduced when she works as secretary to boxing promoter, Irving Abel (Joe Cortese). It's not a job she enjoys and she is overworked and underpaid, but, because her father ran a gym, boxing has always been in her blood and she wants to be part of the sport even if it has to be in the most menial way. She knows, however, that there's got to be something better for her.

She gets her chance when she sees how a street thug, Luther Shaw (Omar Epps) handles himself in a fight. Jackie is sure he has championship potential and when she convinces Luther as well, she signs him up and finds him a trainer, Felix Reynolds (Charles S Dutton who is also the movie's director).

Special Features:

• Featurette – A Ringside Seat
• Featurette – Queen of the Ring: Jackie Kallen Then & Now
• Theatrical Trailer

Critic Reviews:

• " It's hard to expect anyone to infuse much passion into a “by-the-numbers” boxing movie which telegraphs every punch. " – Kam Williams

• " Somewhere along the way, I found myself enjoying Against the Ropes, not in spite of my better judgment, but because something in the movie defies the whole notion of better judgment altogether. " – Stephanie Zacharek

• " Given a real character to play, and one within her range, Ryan delivers a real performance, and a really likable one, in this sassy-but-not-edgy boxing picture. " – Roger Moore