Shadowboxer

Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: July 21, 2006

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Ratings

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jp992751Jan 25, 2011

Whoever cast this needs to find a new job. Helen Mirren as a serial killer? Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a doctor? Mo'Nique as his girlfriend? With all the names popping up on the screen you would figure that the movie would have to be goodWhoever cast this needs to find a new job. Helen Mirren as a serial killer? Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a doctor? Mo'Nique as his girlfriend? With all the names popping up on the screen you would figure that the movie would have to be good otherwise why would these actors have signed on, right? Wrong. As stated the casting was way off, the odd story which includes Gooding and Mirren as step-son and mother-in-law in a relationship with each other just doesn't work. Cuba can act we have all seen it but in Shadowboxer he felt stale and out of place. Not much good I can say about this so I will just end it there.… Expand

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[Anonymous]Aug 22, 2006

A couple of years ago, a disaster like Shadow boxer - with the hapless Cuba Gooding Jr. scraping below the bottom of the barrel - would have gone straight to video or been buried on an obscure cable channel at 3 a.m.

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SeanJDec 11, 2006

Those rating it high must be ringers for the distributors - this was trash. Outside of a couple of tepid chuckles at a sex scene in a doctor's office, the look on our faces was boredom. Other sex scenes were contrived, a pointless plot Those rating it high must be ringers for the distributors - this was trash. Outside of a couple of tepid chuckles at a sex scene in a doctor's office, the look on our faces was boredom. Other sex scenes were contrived, a pointless plot and the second female lead was trying too hard to look like Angelina Jolie--don't waste your time - rent/buy/download something else. Anyone's life is more precious than spending it on this dreck.… Expand

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HaikazG.Jul 24, 2006

This film is more of an elaborate set of symptoms than an actual movie. It is not enough to say that it is unitentionally funny (because the fillmaker is so un-selfaware) or distubingly gruesome (because the fillmaker makes us wallow in his This film is more of an elaborate set of symptoms than an actual movie. It is not enough to say that it is unitentionally funny (because the fillmaker is so un-selfaware) or distubingly gruesome (because the fillmaker makes us wallow in his anal-sadistic fantasy) it is neccessary to say that an industry that allows something as puerile and hateful as this to be made with some gifted actors and first-rate technical people has its steering mechanism broken. Why was this sick man allowed to make a movie? How did he find the money and obtain the cooperation of so many otherwise seemigly sensible people? Why didn't anyone stop him? [***SPOILERS***] The two most ridiculous scenes: 1) Vanessa Ferlito's water breaking. 2) The tough-guy banter between the male models who guard her.… Expand

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BroyaxAug 28, 2018

Très improbable polar à peine digne d'un téléfilm à la petite semaine, dont le scénario qui cumule les clichés et le grotesque semble avoir été boulotté sur une vague feuille de papier-cul. C'est aussi aberrant que pitoyable avec cetteTrès improbable polar à peine digne d'un téléfilm à la petite semaine, dont le scénario qui cumule les clichés et le grotesque semble avoir été boulotté sur une vague feuille de papier-cul. C'est aussi aberrant que pitoyable avec cette histoire du fond du troisième tiroir à faire mourir de honte le plus pathétique roman de gare.

Mamie est une tueuse à gages (lol ?) très malade, aidée par son élève (?) un homme de couleur deux à trois fois plus jeune, à moins que ce ne soit son gigolo (?) attitré... S'ensuit l'énième, le dernier contrat pour la gamelle et avant l'hospice dont la cible est une femme enceinte (lol)... et de là, vous pouvez sortir les violons fatiguenazes usés jusqu'à la corde. On a aussi un vilain type très méchant dont on devine les intentions très méchantes et qu'il ne sera pas content de notre duo de tueurs à gages à deux balles.

Cuba machin est mauvais comme d'habitude mais on ne comprend pas qu'est-ce qu'Helen Mirren fout dans cette galère qui prend la flotte de toutes parts. Le reste de la distribution est tout simplement nul et à l'avenant de ce téléfilm minable à deux de tension, réalisé par un endormi.… Expand

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