British boxing comedy, Gloves Off, is available On Demand 24th September and on DVD 1st October, so we checked out the new film ahead of its home release to bring you our thoughts on the film.
Gloves Off stars Brad Moore (North v South), Denise Van Outen (Run for your Wife), Ricky Tomlinson (The Royle Family), Paul Barber (The Full Monty), Alexei Sayle (The Young Ones), Alan Ford (Snatch) & Sally Dexter (Emmerdale). It’s the story of Doug (Brad Moore) who, after the sudden death of his trainer during his championship fight, has inherited a crumbling debt-ridden gym, packed with a mixed bag of crazy would-be boxers (Ricky Tomlinson, Paul Barber, Alexei Sayle).
Doug must raise £50,000 fast or risk watching his mentor’s legacy re-possessed and transformed into a jumped-up Pilates parlour for stock brokers. Doug agrees to train a gypsy woman’s (Denise Van Outen) brother to fight in a £100,000 winner-takes-all bare-knuckle contest against the ‘King of The Gypsies’.
The first thing that sprang to mind when I started watching Gloves Off was The Ful Monty, the film has that comedic drama style from the beginning of the film, it’s not very often that a good wholesome British film like this one comes along, one that has such a great cast list of British talent from Tomlinson to Paul Barber.
Gloves Off has some great cinematography throughout and it doesn’t have the look that the big Hollywood movies have, the colouring in the film looks very warm and welcoming to the eye. It also goes some nice comedic scenes in the movie, there are some stereotypical characters such as the Gypsy characters.
Gloves Off certainly isn’t Raging Bull, Rocky or indeed Snatch for the fight action, but it’s very much more a film about fighting back after a knockback, it’s an enjoyable film that has some good characters that carry the film along at its own medium pace with many moments that do you have chortling to yourself.
Gloves Off is available On Demand 24th September and on DVD 1st October.
Gloves Off - Film Review
Summary
An enjoyable wholesome British comedy-drama that is a refreshing change to watch.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
