I was very surprised by this movie. Honestly, I was checking out the movie because of Hugh Jackman because I'm not really a boxing fan; my Daddy is. Well, the Daddy in me LOVED this movie. The special effects looked effortless; the story line was good. I was actually cheering out loud and I'm usually not like that in public. :-) People even applauded during the movie; I haven't seen that in a long, long time.