Top cast:Brad Pitt,Diane Kruger,Eli Roth
Director:Zack Snyder
Genre:Thriller
Region:United Kingdom
Year:2002
Storyline:Horsepower.Heavy-duty, cast-iron, pile-driving punches...Let""s start building some hurting bombs." A montage (accompanied by "Gonna Fly Now") of weight-training exercises including jogging with Punchy in the snow up the steps of the Art Museum, and pounding meat slabs.Some observed acrobats on a stage, and other contortionists and jugglers.Unknowingly, some in the crowd became victims of pickpockets.A royal box was set up where the King, his elderly Doctor (Etienne Girardot), one of his noblemen (Fritz Leiber) and Frollo watched the proceedings.Unfortunately, the film wasn""t even given a Best Picture nomination, nor was Cagney rewarded with a nomination for his dynamic and kinetic performance.Its other nominations were: Best Supporting Actor (John Ireland), Best Director and Best Screenplay (both for Rossen), and Best Film Editing.He became the first black man to play the role of a smart and highly-educated detective, and even more importantly, he first to strike a white man in an American film.