Shadowboxer (2005)★ 5.5/10
- Action
- Crime
- Drama
- Thriller
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Written by: Will Rokos
When an assassin is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by her lover and stepson, Mikey.
- Original title
- Shadowboxer
- Storyline
- Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time, Rose and Mikey's father were lovers. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last.
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 · 7,121
- Companies
- Teton Films, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Freestyle Releasing, Codeblack Entertainment, Audio Visual Enterprises, Eurocine Films, Imagem Filmes, LNK Filmes, Ledafilms, Luxor Entertainment, RCV Film Distribution, Scanbox Entertainment, Videoville Showtime, Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA), Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Gativideo, RCV Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Taki Corporation
- Release dates
- CA September 9, 2005
- BR September 27, 2005
- IT July 14, 2006
- US July 21, 2006
- AR August 16, 2006
- ES September 1, 2006
- PL September 14, 2006
- GR November 20, 2006
- NO December 13, 2006
- SE December 14, 2006
- FI December 20, 2006
- IS February 15, 2007
- RS April 3, 2007
- JP April 21, 2007
- GB May 7, 2007
- KW June 27, 2007
- HU August 28, 2007
- DE October 18, 2007