Confessions of a Pit Fighter

Confessions of a Pit Fighter
"Confessions of a Pit Fighter" Film Poster
Directed by	Art Camacho
Produced by	Mike Karkeh (executive) Todd Chamberlain
Written by	Art Camacho
Starring	Armand Assante Flavor Flav John Savage James Russo Quinton Jackson Hector Echavarria
Distributed by	Lions Gate Entertainment
Release date(s)	2005
Language	English

Confessions of a Pit Fighter is a 2005 film. It is a fighting film that follows an embattled pit fighter on a quest for revenge against the man who killed his brother. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was produced by Alliance Group Entertainment. It was distributed in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment.^[1]

Plot

The film follows embattled pit fighter Eddie Castillo (Hector Echavarria) who is released from jail swearing to never enter the pit fighting ring again. However, after his brother is killed in the ring by a vicious new fighter (Quinton Jackson), Eddie goes on a quest for revenge. His journey takes him through the depths of the underground pit fighting circuit, where there are those like Lucky (Flavor Flav) that try and help him; while others, such as the nefarious Argento (Armand Assante) will stop at nothing to see Eddie fail.

Reception

Like many "Direct-to-DVD" movies, this one was largely ignored by all major reviewers, and the few who bother review, pointed the lack of creativity of the story and one critic pointed that, "This film even seems to acknowledge that, phoning in the narrative in a tired and bored pace. This notion isn't helped by the main character being as dull as a 30 year old pencil. The actor playing Eddie Castillo couldn't be more uninterested in the material and he instantly becomes a liability to this film. Having the main character ruin the movie is a bad thing!" and concluded "Earlier I wondered if this movie deserved to be shelved for three years before release. The verdict? Yeah, pretty much. It's longer than necessary, has a boring main character, unintelligible supporting cast, kills off the only cool guy, and has lame fight scenes. Pretty much a complete disaster, when weighed in. Try Kickboxer 4. Much better! Score: 2 out of 10".^[2]

Cast

• Hector Echavarria...Eddie Castillo
• Armand Assante...Argento
• Gizelle D'Cole...Gizelle
• James Russo...Sharkey
• Flavor Flav...Lucky
• John Savage...McGee
• Troy Aguayo...Ivan
• Quinton Jackson...Fighter
• Gustavo Cardozo...Fighter

References

1. ^ "Lionsgate to Distribute Confessions of a P.it Fighter.". http://www.imdb.com/company/co0060306/. 
2. ^ http://dvd.ign.com/articles/928/928841p1.html

External links

• Official Website
• Trailer on YouTube
• Confessions of a Pit Fighter at the Internet Movie Database
• Confessions of a Pit Fighter on MySpace
• Confessions of a Pit Fighter on Alliance Group Entertainment Website