Miguel Wants to Fight Review: Hulu’s latest comedy release is directed by Vampires vs. The Bronx’s Oz Rodriguez. The screenplay for the film is by Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion.
The cast for Miguel Wants to Fight features Tyler Dean Flores as Miguel, Christian Vunipola as David, Imani Lewis as Cass, Suraj Partha as Srini, Raúl Castillo as Alberto, Sarunas J. Jackson as Armando, Dascha Polanco as Mrs. Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo as Lydia, Juan Abdias as Damien, Jordyn Owens as Adrian, Collin Roach as Kevin. Miguel Aviles-Elrod as Saul, Thomas Whitcomb as Blake, Tina Chilip as Nina, Alejandra Guevara as Claudia and others. The runtime for the film is 71 minutes.
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Miguel Wants to Fight Review: Is This a Hit or a Miss?
Hulu has done it again with yet another comedy piece- it serves a potential that ultimately manifests into nothing. Miguel Wants to Fight starts with a TikTok and gets stuck there with no important improvement and only pop culture references sprinkled throughout to keep viewers engaged.
The title of the film is generic but, direct. This movie is nothing but, about a boy named Miguel who wants to fight. Miguel is obsessed with violence and fight-oriented films, his father is a trainer at the local gym and irrespective of his life path leading him to become a fighter Miguel has always avoided getting into fights of any kind.
On the other hand, Miguel’s best friends are always up to no good, returning home with scratches all over their bodies. For the longest time, no one has noticed Miguel’s absence during the fight sequences and how he has always been safe on the sidelines. Until his friends finally pick on the oddity and convince him to get into a fight, once and for all.
Miguel Wants to Fight thereafter goes on the journey of seeing Miguel train for fights and, wait for that one life-changing hands-on event. If it ever arrives and what happens on his journey is what makes up the core of this film.
Miguel Wants to Fight isn’t a life-changing film. It is offensive in the way it affirms violence and fights being the soul-way out of arguments alongside the ‘boys will be boys’ trope. Having said that, the film genuinely has some good acting and humour that is a hit and a miss. The best part has to be the references that range from Bruce Lee and RRR to Enter the Dragon.
Irrespective of the good and the bad, the main question of what this film is trying to achieve remains hanging on the top of your head long after you are done watching. The film flows without direction and even the cast putting their best foot forward cannot save it from its ultimate demise of being a rather frivolous watch.
Miguel Wants to Fight: Final Verdict
You know what? You can skip this movie if you want to but, if there’s time and you are into pop culture reference bingos, then go ahead and watch this easy-breezy, crisp film. Just know that you cannot expect a lot from it because it never finds the bank it is supposed to chart its boat towards, making for a rather floaty, forgettable watch.
You can watch Miguel Wants to Fight now streaming on Hulu.
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