From the poverty and despair of an English industrial town, one man with a dream (Bob Hoskins) forms a boxing club to give troubled teenagers a fighting chance. The lads learn lessons of self-respect and male bonding, but amidst the triumph of the biggest tournament of their lives, tragedy strikes. Shane Meadows' debut features .. Read more
| Starring | Bob Hoskins, Bruce Jones, Frank Harper, Annette Badland |
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| Director | Shane Meadows |
| Genres | Drama |
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I went to film school with Shane Meadows. Not really, but a few years ago I did do a one-day film-making course in Nottingham that Shane supervised. He showed us which end of the camera to look through, split us into groups of three, and gave us a couple of hours to come up with a script and go out and shoot it. I'd like to report that my team came back with a masterpiece, but that might be an exaggeration. Let's just say the reviews I wrote over the next couple of weeks were probably more... Read more