The Boxer - DTS
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Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan, Lorraine Pilkington, Sean KearnsDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-05-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Boxer - DTS
Movie Review: Cliche-laden and stodgy
Summary: 2 Stars
I am surpirsed that an Irish director would make a film that, to many inhabitants of Belfast (like myself) looks like a typically niave American view of the city. To me, the film lacks crucial realism, particularly in some of the "cross-community" scenes/comments and in the depiction of a Belfast segregated and laden with checkpoints (they disappeared from the city years ago, although the peace walls are still there). Even though these are small points, I found that they took away from the realism of the situation, pandering to mass-media cliches of the situation in Northern Ireland. This was grossly offensive in rubbish like the Devil's Own and Blown Away, and while The Boxer is certainly not in their awful league that fact that it was directed by an Irishman is disappointing. Otherwise, considering what they are given to work with, the acting is very good, particulalry the Belfast accents (well, by and large!).Disappointing film that could - and should - have been a good reference point in time.
Summary of The Boxer - DTS
Yet another potent (although critically underrated) drama from Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis, the Irish director and British star (respectively) of My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father. The story focuses on Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a promising boxer who had been imprisoned at age 18 for associating with IRA terrorists. After serving a 14-year sentence, he returns to his Belfast neighborhood at a time when local IRA leader Joe Hamill (Brian Cox) is attempting to negotiate a peace treaty with the British. Despite having no further interest in IRA rivalries, Danny finds himself at the center of political and emotional turmoil when he is reunited with his former girlfriend Maggie (Emily Watson, of Breaking the Waves) who, in Danny's absence, married another IRA man who is now in prison. A strict, unwritten law forbids relationships with the wives of IRA prisoners, but as the former boxer channels his energy into reviving a neighborhood boxing gym, the attraction between Danny and Maggie proves irresistible. This gives a strategic advantage to a militant IRA rival who opposes the peace treaty, drawing Danny back into the bitter and potentially deadly struggle between warring IRA factions. Emphasizing the emotional complexities that arise between Danny and Maggie, this powerful, superbly acted drama demonstrates a sharp understanding of the deep-rooted fears and loyalties that fuel the "troubles" in Ireland, where peace seemed to finally (if tentatively) be achieved in the summer of 1998. --Jeff ShannonSimilar DVD Movies
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