‘The Fire Inside’ packs familiar punches and the right hook (original) (raw)

(3 stars)

The human-interest biographies that air during the Olympics invariably frame their subjects’ stories as tales of resilience in the face of impossible odds. But rarely do they capture long shots any longer, or underdogs any, um, under-er, than Olympic boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, the center of the stirring new biopic “The Fire Inside.”