- Actors: Maria Conchita Alonso, William McNamara, Tony Plana, Paul Winfield, Eduardo Yaez
- Directors: Lorenzo Doumani
- Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Mvd/Conveyor
- Release Date: Sep 21 2004
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- ASIN: B00008YLU9
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#79,607 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #91 in DVD > Drama > Family Life > Fathers & Daughters
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Boxing movies have had a set of conventions that started in the 1930s and ran all the way up through the Rocky series and beyond. There's the hard-luck underdog contender, the talented boxer who's manipulated by crooked promoters and managers, the outside-the-ring love affair, the score to settle for a fellow boxer, the family tensions over the boxer's career and the climactic match against the big mean champion. Knockout manages to bring all of those ingredients to the table and mix them together. Maria Conchita Alonso plays the lovely and talented Belle, a young boxer with a future. Her dad is an ex-prizefighter himself, pursuing a career in law enforcement; his partner is Belle's love interest. Belle's mother died of a brain tumor some 15 years previous. When her friend, homegirl, and sparring partner is put in the hospital by the champion, Belle trains with a vengeance to take the title away and even the score for her friend's sake. This is a movie that tries very hard but is so riddled with the hoariest boxing cliches and trite dialogue that it can never rise above being heavy-handed and predictable. It's too bad, because the direction is competent and the performances are strong, but the by-the-numbers storyline breaks no new ground whatsoever. Granted, it's hard to rewrite the rules of the boxing movie, but Knockout's brand of prizefight melodrama veers from the formula only by featuring a Latino setting and female fighters. On the plus side, the fight scenes are well-choreographed and tough, but they have the weight of the rest of the movie working against them. Knockout isn't bad, but for even the most casual fan of boxing movies, you've seen it before. --Jerry Renshaw
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2.8 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not THAT bad!, May 31 2003
By colinscrod@hotmail. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Knockout (DVD)
OK-- just know what you're getting here. You're NOT buying this for the acting, script or other Oscar categories. You're buying this because it shows women beating each other up. Not so much boxing as landing 19-20 unblocked punches to the opponent's head or gut; each punch -judging by the sound effect-- would drop an elephant. Each boxer does a creditable job of grimacing, suffering and sweating. Way too much "plot" gets in the way here, but on DVD you can pass up the grease and go right for the meat.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Winning Movie, May 23 2000
By Arturo Navarro - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Knockout (DVD)
To tell you the truth, My brother and I were not expecting a good movie...BUT We were both very surprised of how good and well done this film was made..the fight scenes were awesome...The story itself was very good and very exciting...I'll admit it did bring tears to my eyes..The walk in music they played for both fighters at the end of the movie was sad and exciting..ALSO The Main actress herself was herself a TOTAL KNOCKOUT!Very well worth the price for Video or DVD
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Knockout!!!, Jun 26 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Knockout (DVD)
This movie is for female boxing fans. It is the rise and fall of a latina Female boxer. The story is about an attractive latina starting in to the boxing business after her best friend who is a boxer whos name is Sandra (Gina La Piana) is suffering from a severe knockout. Belle is caught to find her way to boxing glory and has her heart broken when both mother and father have both past away. If you want to watch a Femle Rocky watch this
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