
Girlfight(2000)
Diana Guzman, a troubled Brooklyn teenager, decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, all while keeping it a secret from her father.


“It's not a second chance. It's a last chance.”
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out

Halle Berry
Jackie Justice

Adan Canto
Desi

Sheila Atim
Bobbi Buddhakan Berroa

Danny Boyd Jr.
Manny Lyons Jr

Adriane Lenox
Angel McQueen

Shamier Anderson
Immaculate

Stephen McKinley Henderson
Pops

Valentina Shevchenko
Lady Killer

Lela Loren
Mrs. Bradshaw

Nikolai Nikolaeff
Igor
Bruised is a drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of sports, woman director, dramatic. Directed by Halle Berry, it stars Halle Berry, Adan Canto, Sheila Atim. Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
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