Orlando Bloom, Michael Pena, Omid Djalili

Story of a British milkman with a steel jaw who serves as the replacement boxer in a title bout against the U.S. champion.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Alex De Rakoff

Release Date: January 1, 2004

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  • May 2, 2008
    lets get something straight here, Orlando Bloom as far as i'm concerned is in he same ranking as hayen christensen, both cannot act for *beep* and only get by on their pretty faces. Watch this you'll no what I mean
  • March 4, 2009
    Pretty decent little flick here....it's a mockumentary that follows a milk man/amateur boxer that got thrown into a heavyweight fight. The movie was actually quite funny and actually pretty good. Orlando Bloom was alright in it...I could tolerate him anyways. A movie many should ...( read more)check out and give a chance.
  • September 11, 2009
    ALL for orlando bloom
  • September 10, 2009
    This was a bit wacked out but it was alright
  • September 2, 2009
    kind of boring... a worst version of Rocky(if that`s even possible)
  • July 12, 2009
    It had a few laugh out loud moments but absolutely hilarious if you ask me. It had a different style of movie which I haven?t really seen before which made it interesting to watch. However it was not the best movie that is out there.
  • July 9, 2009
    OMG,,. I love this man,. hahaha,. one of the best.,
    very funny movie.,,
  • June 22, 2009
    A silly movie with lots of funny moments.

    The cast is pretty good, the characters well and realistically drawn; the blood-lusty boxers, Orlando's Jimmy who is so totally out of it sometimes it isn't even funny... the manager who is just out for himself, a coach who had definitel...( read more)y seen his best days and... you get the drift from there.

    The movie itself is told from the point of view of documentary makers, but they still manage to keep the scenes and plot fluent. They don't "forget" that everything on film is shot through a camera which is actually part of the movie.

    All in all a decent movie. Not to be taken too seriously. A few pearls of wisdom here and there, and the rest is just slightly on the odd side of fun.
  • December 26, 2008
    Legolas, perdón Orlando Bloom en una pintoresca historia que es igual de pintoresca visualmente.
    Sin embargo la historia es floja y nunca logra pegar un gancho.

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  • miminatina
    July 1, 2007
    i hope you are as good in this as in your other movies :]
    (well you probably are, ttyl)

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