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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)

30/06/2022 (GB)History, Drama1h 46m
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The birth of boxing.

Overview

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Matt Hookings

      Matt Hookings

      Jem Belcher

    2. Ray Winstone

      Ray Winstone

      Bill Warr

    3. Jodhi May

      Jodhi May

      Mary Belcher

    4. Marton Csokas

      Marton Csokas

      Lord Rushworth

    5. Russell Crowe

      Russell Crowe

      Jack Slack

    6. Steven Berkoff

      Steven Berkoff

      Walter

    7. Julian Glover

      Julian Glover

      Lord Ashford

    8. Lucy Martin

      Lucy Martin

      Gilly Belcher

    9. Stanley Morgan

      Stanley Morgan

      Tom Belcher

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Aug 16, 2022

    Matt Hookings isn't very convincing here in this rather sketchy biopic of British boxer Jeb Belcher. On the plus side, it conveys really well the gritty side of life in Victorian Britain where the genteel, ostensibly refined, upper class routinely used the travails of the working class as a source of entertainment. This young lad finds himself trained in the school of hard knocks by Russell Crowe's "Slack" whilst being fairly shamelessly manipulated by the clever "Lord Rushworth" (an overly hammy Marton Csokas). The narrative tries quite hard to offer us a plausible series of scenarios as the ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$8,000,000.00

    Revenue-

    Keywords

    • boxing