FILM REVIEW: DAY OF THE FIGHT
a review from film website bedsitcinema.com Day of the Fight (2023) Drama/Sport Rated 15 Spoiler Free Did you like Boardwalk Empire? Of course you did, it was brilliant. Well, Jack Huston AKA Richard Harrow (one of BE's best characters) has gone all writer/director on our asses and produced a boxing drama, Day of the Fight . I went into the film basically blind, with no trailer watch, because I love boxing and the cast is insane. There’s a few Boardwalk Empire alumni; Michael Pitt leads, supported by Steve Buscemi and Anatol Yusef with Joe Pesci and Ron Perlman adding even more weight. Michael Pitt is one of my favourite actors, why he’s not more mainstream is beyond me, except that when he does take “Hollywood” films they tend to be not very good ones. Huston's film is loosely based on a 1951 Stanley Kubrick documentary of the same name. Pitt’s performances in the remake of Funny Games, and the nothing-happens-really-but-it’s-a-captivating-meditation-on-lonelin...
