Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
The birth of boxing.
Director: Daniel Graham · Writer: Matt Hookings
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
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Cast
Matt Hookings
Jem Belcher 
Ray Winstone
Bill Warr 
Jodhi May
Mary Belcher 
Marton Csokas
Lord Rushworth 
Russell Crowe
Jack Slack 
Steven Berkoff
Walter 
Julian Glover
Lord Ashford 
Lucy Martin
Gilly Belcher 
Stanley Morgan
Tom Belcher 
Olivia Chenery
Lady Abigail 
Glen Fox
Pierce Egan
Ricky Chaplin
Henry Pearce User Reviews (1)
Matt Hookings isn't very convincing here in this rather sketchy biopic of British boxer Jeb Belcher. On the plus side, it conveys really well the gritty side of life in Victorian Britain where the genteel, ostensibly refined, upper class routinely used the travails of the working class as a source of entertainment. This young lad finds himself trained in the school of hard knocks by Russell Crowe's "Slack" whilst being fairly shamelessly manipulated by the clever "Lord Rushworth" (an overly hammy Marton Csokas). The narrative tries quite hard to offer us a plausible series of scenarios as the young man rises from obscurity, but the production is not good. It has a "digital" look to it; there is little authentic about the style and though there is a modest amount of pugilism contained, the presence of the one-gear Ray Winstone ("Warr") adds little to this remarkably sterile period drama. …
