How do gangster and boxing movies always end up epic (at least to critics)?

[poochiecollins]

I saw a boxing movie the other day with that one black guy who tells stories well about a white girl becoming a boxer in zero-to-hero fashion. I'm looking at the t.v. listings now and see some film, "Girlfight," apparently about a Hispanic female boxer. Both of them were highly rated by critics.

A more specific question in addition to the title, wtf is with multiple female boxing movies? Who's even heard of female boxing, let alone creating multiple films on the subject? That's like making a movie focusing on a male ballet dancer.

Oh wait...

[THE PROFIT]

Female boxing has become very popular over the last decade, Muhammad Ali's daughter boxes. I think its increasingly popular among Americans because boxing used to be an American Sport and the American always ruled when there was a foreign contender. Now there are few Americans even in the sport. For every black man that can box there's 3 Filipinos & 2 Puerto Ricans that can whip his ass royally

[thisisit]

Girlfight was very well done, and the hot peice of ass in it was Michelle Rodriguez. Hot hot hot

[OmgUrMom]

american gangster and blow, two great gangster movies (well somewhat "gangster" in case of blow) that i can think of off the top of my head.

[flyingillini]

Blow is so much better than American Gangster. Blow is one of the best movies of that genre ever made.

[THE PROFIT]

both were true stories, which are my favorite movies, both done very well. Hard to choose between AG & Blow for me