Fight Club! Unfortunately, Aussie director and former soap star Paul Leyden and first-time writer Joseph Downey’s tale is filled with few genuine laughs, a ploddingly predictable plot and tonally is truly all over the shop. Saccharine sentiment and potentially emotional familial drama sit uneasily alongside lashings of sexual innuendo and extended pummellings. It’s a story that seemingly desperately wants to be a big-screen version of Netflix’s Glow, but instead feels like a bad cocktail of
Whip It and
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It’s sad to see the brilliantly talented Malin Akerman stuck slumming it in this dire direct-to-streaming-services action-comedy.
Chick Fight, will release as a cinema premiere on DStv Box Office on Monday 1 March.
The film follows Anna (Malin Akerman) as she navigates a challenging juncture in her life. Her mom has died, and she s just discovered that her loving and supportive father is gay, which she totally supports. Then, she accidentally burns down her uninsured coffee shop.
Her best friend Charleen (Dulcé Sloan) takes Anna to an all-women underground fight club where Anna meets an eclectic cast of characters, including most brutally efficient fighter of the club, Olivia (Bella Thorne), who becomes a rival in and out of the ring. With the help of reclusive trainer Jack Murphy (Alec Baldwin), Anna slowly rediscovers herself, her inner strength and real purpose.