When Tori (Chelsea Durkalec) is killed — maybe in Fight Valley, an underground MMA club and come on, she totally died there because why would this movie even get made and why would it be named Fight Valley otherwise — her sister Windsor (Susie Celek) moves back home and meets up with her girlfriend Duke (Erin O’Brien) and their friend group, which includes Yanni (Kari J. Kramer), and Jamie (Cabrina Collesides) — the Knock Around Girls — and starts to train with Jabs (Miesha Tate).
Fight Valley sounds better than Camden, New Jersey, right?
The sisters grew up on different sides of Jersey. Tori was with her dad, fighting in the streets, while Windsor was with her rich mom. So now Windsor has to get revenge and fight the big bad Church, played by MMA fighter Cris Cyborg.
Director and writer Rob Hawk has plenty of MMA stars on hand, like Amanda Serrano and Katlyn Chookagian, so the fights look good, even if the idea that a rich girl could defeat Cris Cyborg with a few weeks of training is hilarious. But hey — it is a movie.
There’s also plenty of “your sister was a lesbian, are you too?” content that you could say is representation, but it totally feels like exploitation. Your mileage may vary.
You can watch this on Tubi.
