Shadowboxer

Shadowboxer

2005 · 93 min · EN · R · 5.1 (62 votes)
Dir. Lee Daniels · Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Mirren, Vanessa Ferlito, Macy Gray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephen Dorff · Music Mario Grigorov

Feeling Protected Is Very Seductive

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Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last.

VIBE

A grim, character-driven crime drama that explores the moral complexities of a hitman's life. It's a somber, yet ultimately hopeful, look at found family and sacrifice against a backdrop of urban grit.

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