I just finished watching the movie, “Girlfight” that stars Michelle Rodriguez. I was very curious to see it because I am a huge fan of her acting and her films. Plus, she’s a gorgeous looking woman as well!!! I loved her in the show, “Lost”, and wanted to see more Michelle. Just rented the movie, “Gilfight”, from Netflix so here is a brief review.

Michelle was pretty young at the time this movie came out. It is her film debut, the film that made her a mainstream actress. She plays a tough girl type of character in high school, where she got into too many fights with other girls. Her brother is training as a boxer at a local boxing gym, so she takes a visit there. While there, she becomes obsessed with boxing and wanted to become a fighter herself. She gets trained there and she is forced to fight against men because there was no women’s boxing where they were. She was the only female fighter.

I was very surprised by this movie. I thought it was a real good one. Even though her character, Diana Guzman is fictional, she felt real and believable. It felt like a biopic film of a real life fighter when it isn’t. That’s how good this movie is. Michelle was really built and jacked back then, too, wow, the muscles on her in this movie. I know this is an older movie, it was released in 2000, but I’m just trying to see more of her work. I also think this is one of the best boxing movies.

It certainly isn’t better than “Rocky” and “The Fighter” but it’s certainly almost up there. I just enjoy watching boxing films. I think there needs to be more boxing movies based on women fighting. Even though the sport of professional boxing is no longer popular anymore, boxing movies is still going strong since “The Fighter” won a lot of awards and was pretty successful in the box office.

Back to “Gilfight”, Michelle plays a lot of tough girl characters in her career, but she’s a real badass in this flick. While she is pretty mean in this movie, she does have heart. Once you start the film, it’ll keep you watching. Michelle Rodriguez is a popular actress and people say she got all the recognition for this movie that she’s known for, now I can see why. This is obviously her best role. She also got recognized for her work in “Lost” and “The Fast & The Furious” series, but it’s this film here, “Girlfight” that made her recognizable.

Check it out if you haven’t seen it yet. I enjoyed the film.

Kev