Setinboththelate80'sandcurrentday,"BackintheDay"isagrittytaleaboutAnthonyRodriguez(WilliamDeMeo),ahalfItalian-halfPuertoRicanyoungteenagergrowinguponthestreetsofBensonhurst,Brooklyn;athenverydangerousandracistneighborhoodfilledwithbullies,bigshotsandsocialclubswherealloftheneighborhoodshotswerecalled.Anthonyhadtoendureanabusive,unemployed,alcoholicfatherbutwasblessedwithanurturing,hard-workingmotherwhohelosesataveryearlyageandisdevastatedbyit.Inspiteofhisbitterness,hestrugglestoupholdthemoralshisMothertaughthimandretainhisdignityinspiteofbeingupagainstallodds.Heistakenunderthewingofalocalmobboss,EnzoDeVino(MichaelMadsen),whosupportsAnthony'swishestoescapehisdemonsthroughthesportofboxing.EnzoconnectsAnthonywithatrainer(DannyGlover),whomeansbusiness,andturnsAnthonyintoacontenderalthoughhistroubledlifeandfriends,whoseemtoalwaysgethimintotrouble,hinderhiscareer.Ashejourneysintoadulthoodwiththenearlyimpossiblegoalofachievingasucce