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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher( 2022)

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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

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      Matt Hookings

      Jem Belcher

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      Ray Winstone

      Bill Warr

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      Jodhi May

      Mary Belcher

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      Marton Csokas

      Lord Rushworth

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      Russell Crowe

      Jack Slack

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      Steven Berkoff

      Walter

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      Julian Glover

      Lord Ashford

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      Lucy Martin

      Gilly Belcher

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      Stanley Morgan

      Tom Belcher

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      Olivia Chenery

      Lady Abigail

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      Glen Fox

      Pierce Egan

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      Ricky Chaplin

      Henry Pearce

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      Michael McKell

      Frank The Bomber

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      Joe Egan

      Big Joe

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      Noeleen Comiskey

      Violet

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue 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 y...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    8000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • boxing