想当年

Set in both the late 80's and current
 day,
 "B
ack in the
Day" is a gritty tale a bout An thony  Rodr iguez (William DeMeo), a  h alf  Itali
an -
half 
Puerto Rican young teenager  gro  w ing up on  t
he street s  of Bensonhurst, Brookl
yn; a then very d
angerous and racist neighbor 
ho
od fil
led with bullies, b  ig sho
ts
 and social clubs w here all
 of the  neighbo rhood shots w ere cal
led. Anthony h ad to

endu re an  ab
 usive, unemplo yed, alc
ohol ic  fa
ther
but was blessed with a nurturing, hard-working mother who he loses at a ve ry early age and is 


devastated by it.  In spite  of his b itt ernes s, he  struggl es to uphold the moral
s his Mother ta
ught  him and retain his di
gnity  in spi
te of being
 up agai nst all odds. 
 He is taken un de r the wing  of a local mob boss, 
Enzo DeVi
no (  Mi chael Madsen ), who s upports Anthony&#39 ;s wishes to e
sc
a pe his demons throug h the  sport of boxing. E
nzo connects An thony

with a trainer  (Danny Glover), wh o mea
ns business, an d turns Anthony in
to a contender although his troub led life  and friends, who seem to always get him into 
tr ouble, hind e r his career. As he jour
ne
ys into adulthood w
ith
  the near
ly impossible goal of achieving a   successful
profession
al boxing  career, Anthony manages to no
t o
nly go pro, but literally fight his w ay to  the top and  become a world cha mp  io  n middlew
eight boxer at an  unl ikely ag e. But not without love, loss of love, humiliation, retaliati
on and revenge playing roles in his journey to the top. Bu  t w
hen h
e  finally does make it 
to the top, who will be l eft of a
nyone Anthony has ever ca red about, to share it with? And who will be  l e  ft
to get in the w
ay 
of Anth  ony&
#39;s  succ ess, a nd living his drea
m?