This is a tragic and beautiful story, framed by Director Clint Eastwood (Magnum Force) in which he also stars as a gnarled and surly old boxing trainer, who is very accomplished, but finds himself unable to take promotional risks which other managers can, and so he is constantly losing his clients to big money Hollywood managers. In the meantime he attempts to reconcile his estranged daughter, and
Morgan Freeman (Bruce Almighty) plays his partner, a drifter who he allows to manage the Gym, as well as a sleep at the gym. Freeman also narrates the story. One day a young girl named Maggie comes into the gym and starts working out.
Before long, she's the best female boxer in the world, and has become like another daughter to the manager. But tragedy strikes and she becomes paralyzed from the neck down. From there, her tragedy in life is really drawn out, her interacting with her family, and trying to kill herself. It's a tragic and beautiful story of glory tasted, fleeting. Sometimes, you catch a break, you gotta ride it all the way. I probably almost cried in this 2 of a movie.
