when girlfight come out and the review praise it and but i do not get around to see it . i finally saw it when it get release on video and and understand the glowing review . the movie open in a high school in the middle of a ghetto . we quickly get introduce to student diana guzman ( michelle rodriguez ) . she have a bad as expression on her face and and any idea about diana that we might derive from this expression soon get corroborate when she get in a fight . a diana get in trouble for this and we then meet her father and an aggressive type in his own right while clearly we can not totally blame diana for her attitude . but then the movie really pick up and a a new thought germinates in diana mind represent boxing a a way to escape this grim existence . her older brother have already get into boxing and but her father most likely would not approve . only diana herself can decide what to do . just the first few minute alone identify that i be in for a very gritty and non hollywood movie and but the brief appearance of john sayles in a supporting role truly affirm that . even before they get to any boxing scene and you feel like youre get pound in the face at see the ugly life that diana life . and when they finally arrive at the film main story and there no turning back . all in all and i definitely recommend this movie . i will admit that use box a a mean to show someone try to make something of himself or herself have be sort of a cliché in cinema for many year ( rocky and million dollar baby ) and but i still think that they do a great job with it here . in fact and this may have bring the genre to it apex . really good . too bad that michelle rodriguez waste herself in hollywood movie after this one .