The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Roo Marcus has just spent 8 years in a mental institution, and takes up bare-knuckle boxing and gets a job fighting in a gym run by Napoleon. Roo is often tormented by memories of shock treatment and inhumane conditions. His friends, Capser and Ratty help him along the way, until he gets brutally beaten up by one of Napoleon's fighters...
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Damian LeeDirector
- Damian LeeScreenplay
- David MitchellScreenplay
Cast
- Vernon WellsRoo Marcus
- William SandersonCasper
- Sonja BelliveauCharli
- Michael CopemanNapoleon
- Frank MooreTunney
- Réal AndrewsRazor
- Pete DempsterCannon
- Franco ColumbuBatty
- Danny BurnesGus
- George ChuvaloMaxie
- Zack NealsDanny Boy
- Lawrence King-PhillipsTall Tim