The Fighter

Blimey... Christian Bale was barely recognisable in this film having lost so much weight (see photo above) but his performance was superb as Dicky Eklund, boxing trainer and brother to Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg). The film follows Micky as he tries to follow in his brother's footsteps into the big time... where as Dicky steadily falls apart in a downward spiral of drug taking and finally ends up in jail. Again like The King's Speech the acting is terrific... but this time the story holds up and keeps you guessing as to its outcome. Brilliant.

Rating: 8.5/10