Carman: The Champion

2001 "Sometimes a dream is the only thing worth fighting for..."
5.3| 1h30m| en| More Info
Released: 02 March 2001 Released
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Former champion boxer Orlando Leone (Carmen) is "The Preacher" at an inner-city youth center. Wanting to give something back to the community, he bought a large building for a church youth center. But the cash ran out before he could finish fixing it up and now, the mortgage company is about to foreclose. With his bills mounting he agrees to one last fight.

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Listonixio Fresh and Exciting
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
pattysecretrevealed There is also statements being made about Patricia Manterola using Carman Licciardello to for US film. Patricia Manterola as a Mexican Hardcore Porn Star broke into some lame TV soap opera show, movies, and music. Patricia Manterola basically did Carman: the champion movie which is Christian obeously to say that she as a Hardcore Porn Celebrity got to broke into even Christian not only prime time TV shows. You see, there use to be a day when hardcore porn chickies had hard time being accepted into regular prime time shows to be taken seriously as actress besides being looked at seriously for their hardcore porn experties. So it was a major achievement for Patricia Manterola to be able to break into even largest Christian broadcast network TBN and to do a Christian movie with the top Christian artist such as Carman. But she kept quiet about her Hardcore Porn Gigs...that helped her to stardom.. to the Christian public in effort to get her movie credit added to her porfolio.
Paul1149 Mild spoilers below:With all the junk coming out of Hollywood for years, it's nice to come across a good film. It may not have academy award level acting, but it is nonetheless well done and satisfying.The plot is fairly compelling, with a few interesting turns, and the action is good, especially the fight scene. The nearly hopeless vise that the inner city clamps around people is graphically depicted. The love interest is excellent.Some of the plot/character turns could have been more clearly delineated. For instance, Carman's tactic to upset a fight fix almost slips by unnoticeably. And his brother's turn for the good raises more questions that it answers.Still, it was very enjoyable, and affirmed good values. As someone mentioned, the Gospel isn't front and center in this movie, despite Carman playing a pastor. But it doesn't alway have to be for an art work to be worthwhile.Good job to all involved. This movie is available as a free download at TBN.com.Paul
AARCUT Raw portrayal of the drug/street life and the challanges of a preacher to continue his dream. Also shows intensity of big money, party life, and corruption. Boxing scene is intense and dramatic. I found it all a bit hard to take at times but at least it was real and not just a big fantasy.
wayne-91 A former world-champion boxer moonlights as a hotel security guard to help pay for his "hobby" gig, a drop-in youth center? Okay, but why does center have to be three stories high? And how is it that when the star appears in the hotel luxury suite to break up a rowdy party, nobody recognizes him-- even though the party is hosted by the PRESENT world-champion boxer? Ugh. There are about eleven seconds of "actual entertainment" in this paint-by-numbers effort, contained in two scenes where the star flirts with the leading lady. How much acting talent does THAT require? I can't believe I sat thru this whole movie.