MY BODY IS A CAGE centers around the relationship of Shawn, a once highly touted boxer, and his dutiful partner, Trish, the day after his brutal KO in the ring. When Shawn falls to a professional record of 0-6, he is faced with the harsh decision on whether or not it’s time to abandon his dream, despite his years of hard work, dedication, and loyalty to the game.
Pancho is a young man who lives with his father picking up garbage. He wants to escape poverty and the yoke of his father; all he has to achieve it are his fists.
La Bailarina
Brandon Rising is rising up the ranks of boxing, but to become the number 1 boxer, he must defeat the evil Beelzebubba.
Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur. But quick schemes rarely bring easy pay-offs and as the consequences of his business negotiations unfold, Bud has to make a choice between his integrity and his aspirations.
Bill is targeted by pot pushers who use him as their entry to the "good kids." Needing money because his mother is sick and his father is absent, he drops out of school to become a pusher. He seeks help after seeing his supplier shoot up.
Two teenage boys grapple with the challenges of their fractured lives and uncertain futures. As one is drawn into a troubling situation that leads to unexpected consequences, he uncovers hidden potential through mentorship. His friend, however, finds himself sinking deeper into trouble. As their paths separate, each must confront their choices and the chance for a better future.
Biography about boxer Joergen 'Gamle' Hansen.
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
A Czech TV film adaptation of Budd Schulberg's novel The Harder They Fall, which had previously been made as the 1956 US movie of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger.
Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
A practicing Sikh is banned by the boxing commission for refusing to back down from his religious beliefs. Through racial profiling and stereotypical threats, he does what any strong American would do: fight back.
When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, Kabilan, a young labourer, must choose whether to put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics.
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.
NYC, 1940. Chilean boxer Arturo Godoy and driven dancer Leda Urbinati arrive in the city chasing the American Dream. But when an immigrant opportunist offers help, friendship turns into a dangerous love triangle, where ambition corrupts, dreams darken, and loyalty shatters.
Prior to fighting for her country, Kirnay, a withdrawn boxer must fight the battle for her freedom.