The Red Canvas

Cast View all

	Ving Rhames	Gene
	Maria Conchita Alonso	Maria Sanchez
	George Takei	Krang
	John Savage	Harbin Rask
	Ernie Reyes Jr.	Johnny Sanchez
	Matthias Hues	Matt
	Joe Nieves	Tony Lyndelli
	Matt Riedy	Newscaster
	Fernanda Romero	Natania Sanchez
	Sara Downing	Julia
	Rob Mars	Max
	Stephen Quadros	Play-by-Play Announcer #1
	Leslie Garza	Natania's Friend
	Vic Chao	Young General Krang
	Chris Casamassa	Ring Announcer
	Susan Savage	ER Doctor
	Mariano 'Big Dawg' Mendoza	Pedro
	Ernie Reyes Sr.	Diego Sanchez
	Brett Gipson	Police Officer #2
	Lisa Canning	Vanessa Fitzgerald
	Arnold Chon	Lung
	Adam Boster	Vietnamese Drummer
	Kathy Long	Kathy Long
	Paul Lacovara	Police Officer #1
	Jean Claude Leuyer	Garage Thug Leader

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Director	Adam Boster
	Kenneth Chamitoff
Writer	Kenneth Chamitoff
Producer	Mario Aguja, O.P. Almaraz, Brandie Bell, Kevin Berry, Theresa Berry, Adam Boster, Steffany Boster, Estella Bouchereau, Dr. Boucheroux, Katy Buckler, Marc Buckler, Eddie Cardenas, Georgia Chamitoff, Kenneth Chamitoff, Shari Chamitoff, Mark Chemeleski, Les Connard, Lorri Conrad, Jim Deaton, Julie Deaton, Imy Duleke, Richard Duleke, Robert W. Evans, Kelly Farrell, Lisa Flach, Candace Flottmann, Jay Flottmann, Jade Hockman
Musician	James Peterson
Photography	Aaron Platt

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My quick rating - 3.9/10. Submission, err, Red Canvas or Art of Submission released in 2009, or 2012, or, oh, forget it, all the same movie. This is an MMA action/drama movie centering around the plight of a young adult who wants to train to be a mixed martial arts star. Of course, he is in troubled times and the movie attempts to juggle the action with the drama but falls short on it. The tempo switching in this movie is often too random to hold the audience's attention, while debating if this is a tear-jerker, or just a beat 'em-up flick. The fighting sequences at times are very well done, and other times, just plain silly. Ernie Reyes Jr.. does a decent job acting as the main character, often being forced to shift gears from an apprehensive heavy to a sentimental person of the film quite quickly. Ving Rhames (big fan of) plodded through this movie, seemingly unconvinced of why he was there. I may have been a bit more sold on this movie had it not been for the length of it (119 minutes). By the film's finale, I just felt more or less like "get it over already" so I will. Oh, btw, in this retread, I see now the movie is called Money Fight. They just cannot pick a title for this flick and I am guessing it is a ploy to make it seem like a different movie due to the quality of it.
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