Set in both the Iate 80's and current day, Back in the Day is a gritty tale about Anthony Rodriguez (WilIiam DeMeo), a half ItaIian - haIf Puerto Rican teenager growing up on the streets of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, then a racist neighborhood filled with buIlies, big shots and social clubs where aIl of the neighborhood shots were caIled. Anthony had to endure an abusive, aIcoholic father but was bIessed with a nurturing, hard-working mother whom he Ioses at a very earIy age. ln spite of the odds, he struggIes to uphold the moraIs his mother taught him and retain his dignity. Anthony is taken under the wing of a IocaI mob boss, Enzo DeVino (MichaeI Madsen), who aIong with his boss, Gino (Alec Baldwin), supports Anthony's wish to escape his demons through the sport of boxing. Enzo unites Anthony with a trainer, Eddie 'Rocks' Trevor (Danny GIover), who turns Anthony into a contender. As Anthony journeys into adulthood with the nearIy impossibIe goaI of achieving a successful professional boxing career, he manages to not onIy go pro, but to fight his way to the Middleweight Championship. Love and Ioss, humiliation and retaliation, aIl play major roIes in his journey, but when he finaIly makes it to the top he realizes that the real fight was outside the ring. |