Underdog movies

   Any and all genres. Mainly I'm looking for how the underdog pulls even with the antagonist for the final battle. Second act stuff.
Here's my list so far:

Die Hard - just watched it again last night. McClane is one against 12 men with superior firepower, but as he kills them off, he acquires their weapons. Even so, Hans the antagonist gains more and more information about him, exploiting it to keep knocking him back - finding out he has bare feet, and then shooting out the glass; discovering his wife; etc. 

October Sky
Babe
Rocky
Karate Kid
12 Angry Men
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Miracle on 34th Street
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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JosephNobles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List TSA BETA Member Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Location: Dallas Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Post Options Post Reply Quote JosephNobles Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Underdog movies Posted: 09 Mar 2012 at 8:14am
	Any and all genres. Mainly I'm looking for how the underdog pulls even with the antagonist for the final battle. Second act stuff. Here's my list so far: Die Hard - just watched it again last night. McClane is one against 12 men with superior firepower, but as he kills them off, he acquires their weapons. Even so, Hans the antagonist gains more and more information about him, exploiting it to keep knocking him back - finding out he has bare feet, and then shooting out the glass; discovering his wife; etc. October Sky Babe Rocky Karate Kid 12 Angry Men Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Miracle on 34th Street One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

PeterKremer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 26 Jun 2011 Location: Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 229	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterKremer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 9:01pm
	Underdog or over whelming odds? Kinda different things.
	Peter Kremer TSA President 2011

PeterKremer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 26 Jun 2011 Location: Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 229	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterKremer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 9:04pm
	David is an underdog to Goliath. Mclane is a formidable cop.
	Peter Kremer TSA President 2011

bholmes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active TSA Member Joined: 01 Aug 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote bholmes Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2012 at 6:21am
	Looks like Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games is going to be one of those characters. Can't wait till the movie opens - 3.23 - I believe. Edited by bholmes - 13 Mar 2012 at 7:04am

JosephNobles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List TSA BETA Member Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Location: Dallas Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Post Options Post Reply Quote JosephNobles Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2012 at 6:52am
	Yes, John is a ubercop, but he's still one guy out of his element with a single handgun at the beginning of the movie. Yeah, I guess I'm looking for both of those kinds of movies. Not so much the lonesome loser type, like I imagine Ryan and the Real Girl to be. And, yes, I'm waiting for the Hunger Games, too. I wanted to read the books before, but I never got to it. Too many other books to read.