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Zawód zabójca (2005)

Shadowboxer (original title)
When an assassin is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by her lover and stepson, Mikey.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Vicki
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Neisha
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Precious
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Clayton Mayfield
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Eddie
Tom Pasch ...
Andrew
Ryan Eric Speise ...
Anthony - Age 3
Cullen Flynn Clancy ...
Anthony - age 7 (as Cullen Clancy)
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Real Estate Agent
Darnell Williams ...
Mikey's Father
Marvina Vinique ...
Mikey's Mother (as Marvina Vinque)
John Panzarella ...
Man in Hotel (as Johnny Panzarella)
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Storyline

Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last. Written by Peter Brandt Nielsen

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Feeling Protected Is Very Seductive


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Rated R for strong graphic violence and sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use | See all certifications »

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14 July 2006 (Italy)  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$103,238 (USA) (21 July 2006)

Gross:

$370,627 (USA) (18 August 2006)
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

In this film, Mo'Nique plays a character called 'Precious. In the film Hej, skarbie (2009), based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, Mo'Nique played the mother of the main character, whose name was also 'Precious'. Coincidentally, both films were directed by Lee Daniels. See more »

Goofs

Just after Macy Gray's character talks to Dorff's character outside his mansion, she gets in the car and shuts the door. In the next shot, she shuts the car door again, despite it already being closed. See more »

Quotes

Rose: [to Vicki] Feeling protected is very seductive.
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Crazy Credits

In Memory of My Uncle Reggie (1942-2005) See more »

Connections

Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

Come Nightfall
Written and Performed by Ronit Kirchman
Courtesy of Wild River Music
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Mr. Black's Grade: B
5 October 2005 | by (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews

Shadowboxer Mr. Black's Grade: B Starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Helen Mirren.

First-time director Lee Daniels, producer of two challenging projects, Monster's Ball and The Woodsman tries his hand behind the lens. Mirren plays a female assassin who is diagnosed with cancer, and decides to carry out a final killing assisted by Gooding.

Shadowboxer certainly is a dark film - think Prizzi's Honor but with a very different tone - but Helen Mirren handles this 'unique' relationship with tenderness and dignity. I thought the ending wasn't terribly suspenseful, and it should have been. I kept trying picture how a different, and more experienced director would handle it. A number of crew members were there for the Q/A, including the director. Heck, even a PA came in from Philly (you keener!) Wes Bentley was scheduled to co-star but dropped out.

His role was filled by Cuba Gooding Jr., who succeeded in erasing Snow Dogs from my memory. He is very good here, playing it straight and very cold. In the Q/A afterwards he talked about the differences between doing comedy and drama. He said that he is pursuing roles that allow humor to come from the actions of the character - like in this film - and not obvious comedy. He enjoyed the laughter that his character got from the crowd at the screening, when his character was reacting to situations within the plot and not 'trying' to be funny.


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