Against the Ropes

The knockout one-two acting punch of Meg Ryan and Omar Epps makes this fact-based boxing saga a winner. Ryan is Jackie Kallen, a groundbreaking fight manager who brawls her way to the top of her profession. Epps plays a street fighter she turns into a contender. Charles S. Dutton costars and makes his big-screen directorial debut. Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Joe Cortese, Kerry Washington.