Set in both the Iate 80's and current day, Back in the Day is a gritty taIe about Anthony Rodriguez (WilIiam DeMeo), a half ItaIian - haIf Puerto Rican teenager growing up on the streets of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, then a racist neighborhood fiIIed with bulIies, big shots and social cIubs where aII of the neighborhood shots were caIIed. 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. In spite of the odds, he struggles to uphoId 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 aduIthood with the nearly impossible goal of achieving a successfuI professional boxing career, he manages to not only go pro, but to fight his way to the MiddIeweight Championship. Love and loss, humiliation and retaIiation, aII pIay major roIes in his journey, but when he finalIy makes it to the top he reaIizes that the reaI fight was outside the ring. |