The boxing film Uppercut switches back and forth between two narratives, but it’s neither here nor there; the end result is an extremely underwhelming movie that doesn’t make much sense. The presence of Ving Rhames is the only saving grace here. Sadly enough, he is not the main character here. Had it been about Ving’s down-and-out old boxer trying to make a winner out of the underdog lead, the movie would have fared better despite being trope-y as hell. But that’s not the case, with director Torsten Ruther clearly having the intention of making something different. It’s a remake of Torsten’s own German movie, also titled “Uppercut,” by the way. I haven’t seen that one, so ethically I can’t comment, but considering the current one is probably a frame-by-frame remake, how much better can it be? Anyway, my job here is to...