This violent psychological drama drops viewers into a cesspool of fight fixing and selling out while exploring the repercussions of emotional shortsightedness. Regularly harassed by the police, London boxing promoter Billy "Shiner" Simpson (Michael Caine) doesn't have time to respond to charges involving an illegal match that left one of the fighters brain damaged. Shiner fiercely believes that his very own Golden Boy — his son, Eddie (Matthew Marsden) — is going to propel him to the big leagues, and bets everything he has on the boy. But Shiner's East End empire is a house of cards: Hoping to please the prickly Shiner, a promoter has been matching the ski...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins