Swing Bout

We have all seen poorly made boxing films where the action is spoiled by unconvincing fight scenes. This is not one of those movies.

A boxing themed film where you never once see the ring? Never see the combatants following the Queensbury rules? Shouldn't work. Absolutely does work. Beautifully

The story is the double dealing backstage antics and rivalry of many different threads and not the fights themselves. And it is far, far more interesting because of this.

There's humour a plenty from O'Riordan and cast, drama and high stakes. But there is also sensitivity and real gut wrenching emotion from Berkeley and Cronin in particular, wonderfully driven by O'Riordan.

Not what you expect. But all the better because of this.

Well done in all aspects.