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Shadowboxer

Country: USA, Language: English, 93 mins

  • Director: Lee Daniels
  • Writer: William Lipz
  • Producer: Marvet Britto; Lee Daniels

CGiii Comment

2 bizarre minor gay characters...Cuba in murderous drag...

And...Dorff’s impressive semi-hard willy.

These are all factors that will definitely keep interest acute.

Beautifully filmed. Mad imagination.

Is this breaking boundaries?

It certainly is...successfully.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Mikey;
Helen Mirren as Rose;
Vanessa Ferlito as Vicki;
Macy Gray as Neisha;
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dr. Don;
Mo'Nique as Precious;
Stephen Dorff as Clayton Mayfield;
Matt Higgins as Eddie;
Tom Pasch as Andrew;
Ryan Eric Speise as Anthony - Age 3;
Cullen Flynn Clancy as Anthony - age 7;
Marilyn Yoblick as Real Estate Agent;
Darnell Williams as Mikey's Father;
Marvina Vinique as Mikey's Mother;
John Panzarella as Man in Hotel