
Civic Duty(2006)
An American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9-11 world, receives a jolt when an unattached Islamic graduate student moves in next door.

“She fought for everything.”
Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no exception. Along with her young daughter, Milla, Sam struggles to make ends meet, taking her licks as a stunt double by day and cocktail waitressing at a rowdy bar at night. When Sam uses her skills to end a bar fight between two drunk women, down and out fight promoter Sonny Cool sees an opportunity to get back into the game. He tells Sam all about the "show," a high class, underground illegal all female bare knuckle fight tournament, where brutality and elegance mix with high stakes and deception. Is the price too much for her...? Bare Knuckles..... a knockout punch of strength and determination, inspired by a true story.

Jeanette Roxborough
Samantha Rogers

Martin Kove
Sonny Cool

Chris Mulkey
Al the Boxing Trainer

Louis Mandylor
Nedish

Spice Williams-Crosby
Flame

Bridgett Riley
Mona
Teya Roxborough
Mila Rogers

Joanne Baron
Dorothy

Anthony Cistaro
Donald Lofton

Eric Etebari
Troy Rogers
Bare Knuckles is a action, adventure, drama, thriller film released in 2010. Directed by Eric Etebari, it stars Jeanette Roxborough, Martin Kove, Chris Mulkey. Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no exception. Along with her young daughter, Milla, Sam struggles to make ends meet, taking her licks as a stunt double by day and cocktail waitressing at a rowdy bar at night. When Sam uses her skills to end a bar fight between two drunk women, down and out fight promoter Sonny Cool sees an opportunity to get back into the game. He tells Sam all about the "show," a high class, underground illegal all female bare knuckle fight tournament, where brutality and elegance mix with high stakes and deception. Is the price too much for her...? Bare Knuckles..... a knockout punch of strength and determination, inspired by a true story.
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