Loved it!

If the objective of a movie is entertaining, this one is doing that, exceptionally good.

I was expecting the typical low budget low quality bad movie but I was positively surprised by this!

Keeps you hooked from the first minute, this movie is just fiery and so upbeat.

Fighting scenes are thrilling and filled with adrenaline! Very believable as well, you can tell the actors have been training hard for this.

The leads have so much chemistry, fire, passion and attraction..you can feel all their emotions and it makes it 10 times better.

I love the strength of the female lead, she is just so confident, independent, strong and resourceful! Love to see a woman fighting and working hard for reaching her goals and overpowering everything getting in her way.

Ross Butler does a great job with his conflicted character, and seeing Matthew Noszka as the bad guy was so cool, I follow the guy on IG and saying he transformed for this role is an understatement, I mean the guy is so sweet, polite and just the typical good boy in real life, I can't believe how well he played the antagonist.

I took one point of the rating because the overused cliché death of a parent, guilt tripping and post trauma is just too predictable and evident and the ending was rushed and felt like an easy patching up.

Overall great movie for a Friday night at home!

It was really enjoyable to see an Asian male lead play a strong, sexy, masculine and romantic role. Rare and really wonderful. Kiana Madiera and Ross Butler have great chemistry together and really sold both the mixed martial arts (MMA) training and the romance.

Sienna is an MMA trainer working out of the gym if a famous former MMA fighter and surrogate father figure, Julian. While training clients she attends school to get her business degree to eventually partner with Julian in the gym. Things seem to be on track, until she finds out Jax, their best client who is also her boyfriend, is sleeping with her teenage sister Beth. Desperate to find a cheep place to stay, her friend steers her to a room in a basement apartment and Kayden.

Kayden ends up being an MMA fighter in the underground illegal fights and a big winner until Jax shows up on the scene. Sienna eventually becomes both his roommate and trainer. Sienna is also realizing how toxic her and Jax's relationship really was...how he gaslighted her and prevented her from pursuing her own goals. Training Kayden, Sienna is hoping to get some revenge on Jax.

Testosterone heavy MMA story with an equally tough girl and a heavy message about girls being able to do it on their own. There is an equally heavy message about women being valued for more than just their looks...ie they can take a face punch in a fight.

This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it. I am a hardcore romantic and I think this will appeal to other romantics out there. It has the added benefit of really showcasing a physically fit and strong Asian male (something that is rare in the Western film industry).

I went with a friend to see this limited release film at a theater. The cast talked about their characters and training they did for this movie. Sienna as the narrator was a nice touch. You couldn't help but root for her. Her boyfriend Jax was an awful guy. There were laughs, sad moments, and heartfelt moments. I'm not normally into fighting movies, but this was way more than that. It's stories like these that make me keep going to movies. The cast was great in this movie. Sometimes love is worth fighting for. It was just under two hours but felt like thirty minutes. I did not check the time once which for me makes it a great film. Watch and enjoy.