Top cast:Dante Cappelli,Maria Caserini
Director:Raymond Longford
Genre:Short
Region:Poland
Year:2008
Storyline:The 1940s boxing champion/bum blindly, obtusely, and stupidly inflicts wounds upon himself (mostly outside the ring in his personal and marital life with sibling rivalry, obsessive and irrational jealousy, and domestic abuse) while he also legally brutalizes opponents in the ring.The chain-gang prison film (e.g.,I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)) has a long history in American films, and this one also provided entertaining performances, especially with Paul Newman in one of his best roles as masochistic Luke, after playing similar anti-heroes inThe Hustler (1961)andHud (1963)....Always remember, go for the red first."BLUE - "In the blue, you get acripple....Second rule, go for the cripple before the slow kill.With a cripple, you know you've got him if you keep your distance and wear him down."YELLOW - "Here's a slow kill on the yellow....Remember, aslow killmay have enough left in him o kill you before he dies."Marcellus emphasized how Capua's spectacles were different han those in Rome: "Here at Capua we expect more than just simple butchery and we get it." When Dixon approached the ring, he was not greeted as warmly, and even boxer Mike Tyson (Himself) put him down for being in a charity fight.