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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jim Sheridan |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 31 December, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192024023 |
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ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR JIM SHERIDAN AND DANIEL DAY-LEWIS. "The Boxer" is another collaboration between director Jim Sheridan and the fantastic actor Daniel Day-Lewis, with nice results once again.
After a 14 year prison sentence for IRA activities, Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis), a former boxer decides to make a return to the boxing world. Danny, now 32 years old, decides to be both a veteran boxer and an assistant coach for the kids interested in learning the sport. Danny is now struggling to return to a good shape, and in addition he sees a former girlfriend, Maggie (Emily Watson), an attractive woman that in Danny's absence, married with another militant IRA member, now in prison. Danny and Maggie still feel something about each other, but the encountering opposition from militant IRA members and political tensions will prove hard to beat.
Following the line of "In The Name Of The Father", "The Boxer" is another well acted and interesting political drama, also with the Sheridan / Day-Lewis team. If you like the work of Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson or Jim Sheridan, go see "The Boxer".
Outstanding
Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis), a promising boxer who spent eighteen years in jail for refusing to give names to the police, is released from prison and, weary of the violence of Ireland's struggle, returns to his native Belfast in order to build a life seperate from the conflict. This proves to be impossible. He returns at a time when the IRA is negotiating with the British for peace, and he becomes a figurehead to members of the community who want an end to the troubles. This earns him the enmity of the more militant faction of the IRA. All of this is complicated by the mutual love between himself and Maggie (Emily Watson), who was Danny's love before he went to prison but is now married to an imprisoned IRA man, thereby making her, by IRA law, off-limits to him. The restrained love story, the nobility of Day-Lewis' character, and the moral complexity of the situation join with fine acting, writing, direction and all-around production to make this a most worthy film.
What a guy
Daniel Day-Lewis must be the most versatile film actor in the world. He looks like a different person in almost every film he makes. I assume that's the real Day-Lewis in this flick about the rebellion in Northern Ireland, revenge and absolution. His romantic interest, Emily Watson, puts in a good performance too. Day-Lewis looks a lot different than he did in "Gangs of New York", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "My Left Foot" and "Last of the Mohicans" but he is just as compelling in his performance. I thought this movie degraded a bit at the end with its somewhat Hollywood finale, but otherwise I enjoyed it. If you like substantial filmmaking, good acting, great drama, unfamiliar vistas and a good story, you'll enjoy it too.