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Uppercut
Directed by
Torsten Rüther
R
2025
1h 44m
Drama
,
Thriller
5.1
10%
4.8
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Follows Toni's journey from seeking boxing training from Elliott, a gym owner, to becoming a pioneering female boxing manager guiding Payne to a championship fight, while drawing upon lessons learned from Elliott.
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Cast of Uppercut
Ving Rhames
Elliott Duffond
Luise Grossmann
Toni Williams / Producer
Jordan E. Cooper
Payne Harris
Joanna Cassidy
Rita Stooth
Scott Monahan
Referee
Andrew Ibach
Philipp
Lynn Favin
The Cellist
Jaime Wallace
Blondie
Manny Ayala
Mitch
Fermin Padilla III
Hale
Biko Eisen-Martin
Darius
Cedric Brandon Jones
Reporter
Victor Plajas
Tyrone Thribbs
Charles Massey
Jomar (uncredited)
Torsten Rüther
Director / Writer / Producer
Charles Rapp
Co-Producer
Derek Rubin
Co-Producer
Barry Brooker
Executive Producer
Stan Wertlieb
Executive Producer
Matthew Berkowitz
Producer
Uppercut Ratings & Reviews
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
In the end, "Uppercut" lands as a work just above average: elevated by its performances, chemistry, and audiovisual flair, but undermined by its clichés and uneven writing
Film Threat
Alan Ng
This European tale takes a fresh look at a typical American journey; it becomes something messier and more human, and that's where its punch lands.
New York Amsterdam News
Lapacazo Magrira Sandoval
A confusing maze of time jumps and half-formed arcs that feel allergic to basic three-act storytelling.
Indie Mac User
Benjamin Gummery
Ving Rhames gives a great subtle performance but the film as a whole fails to land it's punches.
The Weekend Warrior (Substack)
Edward Douglas
Ving Rhames' presence can only do so much to compensate for weak storytelling and filmmaking faux pas.
AMovieGuy.com
Leo Brady
Uppercut is a case of good intentions lost in poor execution. Throw in the towel on this one.
Lyles' Movie Files
Jeffrey Lyles
Uppercut is a punch-drunk boxing movie flailing away trying to tell two stories instead of just getting one right.
High on Films
Shikhar Verma
For a boxing drama that is supposed to be nothing more than offering a few simplistic 'fighting for yourself' lessons, the overall stretch that the film takes in order to make no point whatsoever makes it frustratingly inept.
For Your Reference Podcast
KT Mahe
Uppercut's nerve centre operates from an aggrieved, entitled protagonist that is barely held to account and little room for growth, let alone pay off.
For Your Reference Podcast
Oti
Uppercut feels disjointed, with a protagonist who skirts around deeper themes without truly engaging. A strong performance from Ving for what it's worth.
Spectrum Culture
Joel Copling
The movie is a tedious dead zone of drama.
Common Sense Media
Tara McNamara
Perhaps it was all lost in translation, but this remake of a German-language drama just doesn't work.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
This character-driven boxing drama is too disjointed and unconvincing to land any of its emotional punches.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
"Uppercut" feels like it's two different movies, or maybe two short films, jerry-rigged together into a feature.
Collider
Jeff Ewing
Rhames manages to give gravitas to his role, but Toni is neither scripted nor delivered with the depth needed to make the protagonist's journey work.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[T]he story is often incoherent.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
A reprise of the familiar tale of an old trainer teaching a callow young boxer, this disjointed story feels like the screenplay was fed into a shredder and then hastily reassembled.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Ruether can't make it come alive, struggling to generate interesting conflicts and concerns as this extremely talky picture frequently crawls to a full stop.
Epoch Times
Mark Jackson
The best thing about 'Uppercut' is that, unlike Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby,' there's no brain-dead lady boxer at the end.
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