2016 · drama · sports
Hands of Stone
Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz1h 51m2016
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Our read: Hands of Stone (2016) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / sports, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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“You want Roberto Durán's rise, fall, and redemption told as glossy boxing biopic.”
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