The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic64/100
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Noah BuschelWriter
- Noah BuschelDirector
Cast
- Corey StollBud Gordon
- Billy CrudupJ.J. Cook
- Marin IrelandEllen Doyle
- Yul VazquezRoberto Flash
- Kelly LynchMae Graham
- John Douglas ThompsonLou Gibson
- Katherine WaterstonPatricia Petals O'Neal
- Halley FeifferKathryn Glassman
- David JohansenStanley Loori
- Ron Cephas JonesRay Ellington
- Cortez Nance Jr.Hernandez Alou
- Elizabeth RodriguezRita Sierra