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Shiner (2000)

R   |    |  Crime, Drama, Thriller

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The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

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20 March 2001 | bioscoopzaal
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| Caine saves the day!
Billy, an ambitious boxing-promoter organizes a world-title bout somewhere in England, and bets everything he has on his son, who he puts up to fight. But exactly on the greatest day of his life, the police start to investigate the death of a fighter who was killed in an unlicensed bout. They suspect Billy may have something to do with it.

Shiner is all in all a good movie, but not a great one. Michael Caine, as always, is excellent as Billy, a man who is almost destroyed by his ambition. Martin Landau is pretty good as well, playing a rivaling American promoter. Although Landau receives top-billing, he is in the movie for only a handful of scenes. Gary Lewis is very good as well, playing the personal trainer of the young boxer. Director Irvin guides the cast with a strong hand and a sense of style, it's just a shame the script isn't more polished. The story simply has too many loose ends, and drastically breaks style about halfway. The first half of the movie is a detailed and often very funny observation of the boxing world, where the second part is a sort of Get Carter revenge-flick. A bit inconsistent, but a good film nevertheless, with a knock-out performance by Michael Caine.

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Trivia

The flag on the wall of Mel's (Andy Serkis') bedroom is the national flag of Angola.

Quotes

Frank Spedding: How do you feel about fighting in a toilet?

Goofs

(at around 1 min) After the crash in the tunnel, a lady gets out of her car and demands to know "What sort of driving do you call that? It's out..." then a gun is pointed at her and her mouth drops open and moves no more, but we hear her voice carry on - "...rageous - you shouldn't be allowed on the road."

Alternate Versions

Although this film was previously passed for an uncut 18 in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification, the 2007 distributor wanted a 15, so 30 seconds' worth of cuts were made to remove some of the violence, including a man being shot in the head and a man having his arm broken.

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My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)
Written by Charles Collins & Fred W. Leigh (as Fred Leigh)
(trad arr)

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Plot Summary

Genres

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Details

Release Date:

14 September 2001

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

Lower Thames Street, London, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$52,843

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