Where Angels Dance (2001) Rating: Starring: Patrick Coppola, John Fiore, Ayo Haynes, Lauren Martin, Andrew Scudiero Director: Patrick Coppola Category: Drama Studio: Brentwood Subtitles: [None] Length: 135 mins     When a boxer loses his will to fight, only his will to survive can make him a champ. Alex Blake, a disillusioned ex-prize fighter whose promising career was cut short because of his father's greed, has become just another shadow in the urban landscape.Now he only fights memories of what might have been.The action takes place against the seedy backdrop of strip clubs, mean streets and the ugly underside of inner city life. Alex's lonely existence is changed by two women.Sandy, a prostitute who is victimized by circumstance to serve a sadistic pimp; and Susan, a beautiful graduate psychology student who awakens feelings in him that she can't return.A man of few words, Alex is forced to walk a line between the sordid fringe of the sex trade and upwardly mobile society.This gritty urban drama depicts Alex's plunge into the contrasting worlds of a prostitute and a psychologist, as both worlds collide and re-ignite Alex's will to fight.A series of confrontations and up to convince him that he must overcome his past to find meaning in the present. Boxing flashback sequences revealing Alex's tainted past add balance between fast-paced action and drama.