“Shadow Fighter” (*1/2 out of four) was a drably derivative and routine underworld melodrama about an inner-city kid from the wrong side of the tracks (Omar Brunson) who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless ex-boxer (Steve Daron) and they form a mutual alliance to thwart a local thug (Michael Christopher Rodney) who holds a key link to both of their pasts. Film feels like warmed-over remnants of “Rocky” which covered this same territory far much richly and passionately over 40 years ago. Of interest solely for being the penultimate film for legendary Burt Reynolds, even though he appears in flashbacks and is in the film very briefly. For a more knockout crowning of his career, watch “The Last Movie Star” instead.