Shadowboxer
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Plot Summary
From acclaimed director Lee Daniels (PRECIOUS and THE BUTLER), SHADOWBOXER is a full-throttle thriller about two trained assassins starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Helen Mirren. When a ruthless crime boss contracts them to kill his wife, the two could not carry out the hit once they discovered she was pregnant. Now the two must begin a harrowing life on the run with their mark.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
18%- Reviews Counted: 56
- Fresh: 10
- Rotten: 46
- Average Rating: 3.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Shadowboxer, a gaudy thriller saturated in sex and violence, is an extravagance that leaves you with your mouth hanging open -- partly in admiration of its audacity and partly in disbelief at its preposterousness.
Rotten: It doesn't take long to figure out that Shadowboxer's Helen Mirren, as a cancer-ridden hitwoman, and Cuba Gooding Jr., as her doting stepson, are the most unconvincing team of hired assassins in movie history.
Rotten: Who says critics are useless? Now you don't have to see the movie, unless, of course, you derive some satisfaction/pleasure from graphic violence, unforgivably cliched scripts and/or repeated sightings of Gooding's bare bottom.
Rotten: The movie at heart is just a wallow in ugliness and unpleasantness in the service of nothing.
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- $6.99
- Genre: Thriller
- Released: 2006
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