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Setinboththelate80sandcurrentday,BackintheDayisagrittytaleaboutAnthonyRodriguez(WilliamDeMeo),ahalfItalian-halfPuertoRicanyoungteenagergrowinguponthestreetsofBensonhurst,Brooklyn;athenverydangerousandracistneighborhoodfilledwithbullies,bigshotsandsocialclubswherealloftheneighborhoodshotswerecalled.Anthonyhadtoendureanabusive,unemployed,alcoholicfatherbutwasblessedwithanurturing,hard-workingmotherwhohelosesataveryearlyageandisdevastatedbyit.Inspiteofhisbitterness,hestrugglestoupholdthemoralshisMothertaughthimandretainhisdignityinspiteofbeingupagainstallodds.Heistakenunderthewingofalocalmobboss,EnzoDeVino(MichaelMadsen),whosupportsAnthonyswishestoescapehisdemonsthroughthesportofboxing.EnzoconnectsAnthonywithatrainer(DannyGlover),whomeansbusiness,andturnsAnthonyintoacontenderalthoughhistroubledlifeandfriends,whoseemtoalwaysgethimintotrouble,hinderhiscareer.Ashejourneysintoadulthoodwiththenearlyimpossiblegoalofachievingasuccessfulprofessionalboxingcareer,Anthonymanagestonotonlygopro,butliterallyfighthiswaytothetopandbecomeaworldchampionmiddleweightboxeratanunlikelyage.Butnotwithoutlove,lossoflove,humiliation,retaliationandrevengeplayingrolesinhisjourneytothetop.Butwhenhefinallydoesmakeittothetop,whowillbeleftofanyoneAnthonyhasevercaredabout,toshareitwith?AndwhowillbelefttogetinthewayofAnthonyssuccess,andlivinghisdream?
