Biopic of featherweight boxing world champion Howard Winstone.
Although boxing biopic Risen wears its heart on its sleeve, a trait that may strike some as earnestness, it does not have a lack of ambition.
An affectionate portrayal of featherweight world champion Howard Winstone (Stuart Brennan), we follow his career from his days fighting in his homeland of the Welsh valleys through to his attempts to secure the world featherweight championship. His struggles with his young wife, Bennita (Grainne Joughin) and burgeoning family, run-ins with boxing promoters and problems with...
Although boxing biopic Risen wears its heart on its sleeve, a trait that may strike some as earnestness, it does not have a lack of ambition.
An affectionate portrayal of featherweight world champion Howard Winstone (Stuart Brennan), we follow his career from his days fighting in his homeland of the Welsh valleys through to his attempts to secure the world featherweight championship. His struggles with his young wife, Bennita (Grainne Joughin) and burgeoning family, run-ins with boxing promoters and problems with...
- 8/6/2011
- by James Benefield
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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