
‘The Fighter’ – Release Date, Release Date, Synopsis, Cast and More
'The Fighter,' directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg (who also produced), Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo, is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film. Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a professional boxer who lives with his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale). Micky's girlfriend Charlene Fleming is played by Adams, and Micky and Dicky's mother, Alice Eklund-Ward, is played by Leo. The film was inspired by the 1995 documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell, which highlights the Eklund-Ward family.