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Set in bot h the late 80's
and  curr ent  d ay, "Back in
 the Day"  is
a gritty tale about Anthony Rodr
iguez (William DeM eo), a
 half Italian - half  Puerto Rican yo
ung teenager
 g
rowin g up on the streets of B en sonhu rst, Brooklyn;
 a then very  dang

erous and racist neighborhood 
fille d with  bullies, 
big  shots a

nd
social clubs where all of the neig hborhood shots were called . Anthony  had  
to 
endure 
an abusive, 
unemployed, alcoholic father but w as  blessed w
ith a nurturing,  hard-working mother wh


o h e los es at
 a ve
 ry  e arly age an


d is dev
as tated by it. In spite of  his bittern ess, h e struggles to uphold the morals his Mother ta
ugh

t
 him and ret
ain his dignity in spi te o  f bei ng up a gainst all odd s. He i s ta
ken un der the wing of a loc al 
mob bo  s s,  Enzo DeVino (Michae
l Madse n), who suppo rts Anthony's wishes to esc
a p
e his demons through
the spo  r t of boxi ng. 
Enzo con 
nects An 
thony with a t
rain er (D  a
nny  Glover), who mea
ns b  usiness, and t  urns Anthony into a contender alt hough his troubled life and friends, 
wh
o seem to alway s
get him into trouble, hinder his car eer.  As he jo urneys into adult hood with the nearly impossible goal of achievi ng a suc cessful professiona
l boxing care er, A
n thony manages to not only go pro,
bu t litera
lly  fight hi 
s
 w ay to the top and become a world champion middl  ewe

igh
t boxer at a n unlikely age. Bu


t not without 
love, los

s of love, hum iliation, retaliation an
d reven ge play ing role s in  his  journey to the  top. But

when he fina lly does ma
 ke 
 it to the top, who w i ll be left of  anyo ne Anthony  has ever care d  about, to share it with? A
nd who will 
be lef t to get in t he w ay  of Anthony's 
success, a nd l
iving his dream?