Pit Fighter is a 2005 action movie directed by Jesse Johnson. The film stars Dominique Vandenberg, Steven Bauer and Stephen Graham and also Scott Adkins. The film is in no way related to the 1990 arcade videogame Pit-Fighter.
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The film is about a quiet yet intense man named Jack (Vandenberg) Severino who has no recollection of his past. He spends his time in violent no holds barred fights in a small South American village. The only friend he has is his manager Manolo, an Indian trying to escape poverty. However soon Jack's violent past catches up with him when he sees a woman he has not seen in five years brings back his memories.
The film is most notable for its violent fight scenes in which Jack's Muay Thai style of fighting clashes with fighters of different styles such as boxing, wrestling, ju jitsu, capoeira and karate.
The film has not been well received by critics and has a 0% fresh rating (from 3 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes[1] and David Nusair of Reel Film said "There've been a lot of bad straight-to-video action flicks over the years, but this is surely the worst".[2]