This is an old cliche story about fallen fighter who is trying to rise up to his previous level. The main characters in this cliche story often lose something valuable to them. Of course, it has a lot of crying and a lot of "tense moments" in which you know who is gonna win. Jake Gyllenhaal did great job and Racher McAdams was amazing too. Forest Whitaker told us another story how he lost his eyes, he must be enoying tolding different stories in different movies.