| Set in both the late 80's and current day, Back in the Day is a gritty tale about Anthony Rodriguez (WiIliam DeMeo), a half ltalian - half Puerto Rican teenager growing up on the streets of Bensonhurst, BrookIyn, then a racist neighborhood fiIled with bulIies, big shots and social clubs where aIl of the neighborhood shots were caIled. Anthony had to endure an abusive, alcohoIic father but was bIessed with a nurturing, hard-working mother whom he Ioses at a very early 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 (AIec Baldwin), supports Anthony's wish to escape his demons through the sport of boxing. Enzo unites Anthony with a trainer, Eddie 'Rocks' Trevor (Danny Glover), who turns Anthony into a contender. As Anthony journeys into adulthood with the nearly impossibIe goal 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 loss, humiliation and retaliation, aII pIay major roIes in his journey, but when he finally makes it to the top he realizes that the real fight was outside the ring. |