I was really excited about this film but unfortunately I couldn't even make it through. The shear blatant mis-cast for the lead role is just too much to bear. He's obviously done his homework but unfortunately Josh Helman comes across as an awkward and cringey caricature of Lenny. And did people really say boy that much?
In addition, the camera-work for the fights was absolutely awful, just a complete jumbled mess. Not sure if this was done on purpose to represent the atmosphere of the crazy east end unlicensed boxing nights, who knows.
They had a world class martial artist in Bisping playing Shaw, I'm sure they could have used him more and imitated the fights properly.
This film could have been great, but the casting let it down before it started. Better luck next time.
In addition, the camera-work for the fights was absolutely awful, just a complete jumbled mess. Not sure if this was done on purpose to represent the atmosphere of the crazy east end unlicensed boxing nights, who knows.
They had a world class martial artist in Bisping playing Shaw, I'm sure they could have used him more and imitated the fights properly.
This film could have been great, but the casting let it down before it started. Better luck next time.