Arena (1989 film)

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Arena is a science fiction film starring Paul Satterfield and Claudia Christian. Set in 4038, Satterfield plays Steve Armstrong, a human contender in the spaceborne boxing sport called simply "The Arena". A human champion has not climbed to the top of the competition ladder for 50 years.

Armstrong reluctantly enters the ring, first merely to pay his four-armed friend's debt, and then to prove that he has what it takes to be champion.

During one early scene, Armstrong's friend Shorty enters a seedy casino using the password "swordfish."