DAVID FOSTER PULLS NO PUNCHES IN HIS REVIEW OF FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH OVER AT HIS BLOG, PERMISSION TO KILL . . .
…Of the elements I have enjoyed about the Fightcard series so far, is the diversity of the stories. Each writer has brought something new to the plate. If you’ll forgive the cinematic comparisons – but totally appropriate, because the stories are very cinematic – Felony Fists was like a cross between LA Confidential and Rocky – The Cutman was like a wartime Robert Mitcham film, crossed with the Godfather Part II – and Split Decision was like The Grapes of Wrath crossed with Robert Siodmak’s The Killers.
What does Counterpunch remind me of? The Big Heat. Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, starring Glenn Ford as a relentless police detective, Dan Bannion, is one of my favourite crime films from the 1950s. Counterpunch shares more than a few similarities. At the start of The Big Heat, Bannion shares a steak and a beer with his wife. In Counterpunch, after winning a fight, Danny would always head back to Packy’s for a steak and a beer. Another similarity, is the almost relentless decency, that both men share, despite being drawn in to a corrupt world. And both men, refuse to back down, fighting for what is right – their way …
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AND TAKE NOTE, DAVID WILL SOON HAVE AN ENTRY OF HIS OWN IN THE FIGHT CARD SERIES – TAKING FIGHT CARD INTERNATIONAL WITH KING OF THE OUTBACK . . .
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