The Challenger
Rating: 5.7/1138 Plot Summary:
Bronx native Jaden Miller, 24, could've had a better life, but fighting within a prestigious school cost his scholarship and an expulsion. Now a high school dropout working from job to job, evicted with nowhere to call home, he decides to train as a boxer under discredited trainer Duane Taylor. The local PBS station picks up on the story and wants to document Jaden's progress as he becomes slated to take on the champion, James Burchard, an undefeated boxer of less-than-appealing character. Jaden's mom, Jada (ailing from a heart condition), sees no good in this, as it was fighting that so far ruined his life, but Duane sees within Jaden an it factor that could make him great.
Director: Kent Moran
Running time: 1h 35min
Genre: Drama, Sport
Release date: 11 September 2015 (USA)
Cast: Kent Moran, Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Justin Hartley, Frank Watson, Stan Carp, Rob Morgan, Michael Rivera, Robert Pike Daniel, Ernie Sabella, Lindsay Hartley, Steven Hauck, Raushanah Simmons, Kelvin Hale
