Shadowboxer.PAL.DVD9

Description

Hardboiled and at times incongruous Lee Danielss (MONSTERS BALL)

directorial debut sets out to smash stereotypes with a noirish

crime thriller about loyalty loss love and guilt. Cuba Gooding Jr.

(MEN OF HONOR) and Helen Mirren (CALENDAR GIRLS) star

as Mikey and Rose a pair of contract killers. Once stepmother

and son they are now lovers as well as partners and have decided

to do one last job together before Rose leaves the business

due to her terminal cancer. Brutal criminal Clayton (Stephen Dorff)

has hired them to take care of members of his inner circle--including

his pregnant wife Vickie (Vanessa Ferlito SPIDER MAN 2)-

-but when the pair goes to carry out the job Vickie goes into

labour and Rose suffers a crisis of conscience. Rose helps

Vickie through the birth and adopts both mother and son going

into hiding and telling Clayton the job was done. The four briefly

form a strange kind of family before illness tragedy and the past

inevitably disturb their tenuous peace. br/ br/ The chemistry

between Mirren and Gooding is intense and unforced forming

just one aspect of this great cast that also includes Joseph Gordon

Levitt (BRICK) as a doctor who ministers to the criminal element

and Monique as his demanding girlfriend. The films gorgeous

cinematography offsets the high violence quotient which begins

with an early scene involving a pool cue that audiences arent

likely to forget. SHADOWBOXER is a film that interests by

virtue of its unusual casting fast-paced story and well-shot look.



Technical Details

Region 2

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1 + DTS

Subtitles: Nordic

Running Time: 93 minutes

Production Year: 2005

Genre: Action Adventure

Certificate: 15 Suitable for Persons Aged 15 or Over

Directed by: Mailee Daniels

Actors: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr, Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Ferlito,

Joseph Gordon Levitt, Macy Gray, Wendy Baron, Shaun Brewington,

Cullen Flynn Clancy, Tomy Dunster



5,8/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396857/