Bang Bang

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Bang Bang

2025

1h 44m

Drama

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Retired pugilist Bernard "Bang Bang" Rozyski (Tim Blake Nelson) is inspired to try his hand at training once he reconnects with his estranged grandson. While their training brings Bang Bang out of the hole he's been living in, everyone questions his motivations, including an ex-girlfriend from decades ago, who was privy to Bang Bang's meteoric rise in the sport in the 80s as well as the rivalry with his former opponent, her cousin and Detroit's Mayoral candidate Darnell Washington. Is Bang Bang merely passing down inherited rage, or is there true altruism behind his tutelage?

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Sep 15

3/4

Like a lot of other stuff in this movie, it actually transcends the clichés of the genre while acknowledging those clichés as containing kernels of truth.

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Christian Zilko

IndieWire

06/12/2024

B

The washed-up fighter archetype who spits poetry about the demons he now battles has been done to death. Yet it becomes clear those cliches are the point.

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Grant Hermanns

Screen Rant

Feb 12

8/10

Janowitz's script has lots of potential to break free from its trope-filled genre, and has moments of doing so, but if it weren't for the great performances at the forefront, it'd be easy to become disillusioned with the darker parts of the film.

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

Sep 16

Bang Bang is not about the moments in the ring, but the tougher moments that come after. When the spotlight’s off and the blood has dried, what kind of person will you be?

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Sep 12

Fighting against the script’s cliches, Nelson finds a winning balance of twitchy energy and hardscrabble wisdom.

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Jared Mobarak

Hey, Have You Seen ...?

Sep 12

7/10

Similar to Old Henry, [Nelson] really sinks his teeth into the role to embody the gruff exterior while still maintaining a level of pathos that ensures he never alienates the audience.

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Robert S.

@Bob1947 Apr 13

Good character development. Slow. Sad.

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Reynaldo K. C

@appascuseme Mar 16

An excellent character study. Absolutely worth the time.

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Scott M

@Skeeeeezo Mar 7

Nelson's Bang Bang is a captivating character and the film had lots of great elements, however, somehow this haymaker didn't totally connect, as it felt somewhat underexplained.

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Michael A.

@Panoptic Mar 4

It’s just a cool movie. Watching this man come to terms with his past. What could have been is this remarkable question our protagonist is asking at the end of his life. It’s a fight film, but in and out of the ring.

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Keith B B

@Okbullard Feb 7

This was a very compelling film with great acting and storyline. Tim Blake Nelson was exceptional in this one. The ending was a little lackluster but that's fine. Give it a look.

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Michael T.

@MichaelKansas Jan 25

Great humor… tim’s acting was phenomenal.

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Retired pugilist Bernard "Bang Bang" Rozyski (Tim Blake Nelson) is inspired to try his hand at training once he reconnects with his estranged grandson. While their training brings Bang Bang out of the hole he's been living in, everyone questions his motivations, including an ex-girlfriend from decades ago, who was privy to Bang Bang's meteoric rise in the sport in the 80s as well as the rivalry with his former opponent, her cousin and Detroit's Mayoral candidate Darnell Washington. Is Bang Bang merely passing down inherited rage, or is there true altruism behind his tutelage?

Director: Vincent Grashaw
Producer: Angelia Adzic, Vincent Grashaw, Will Janowitz, Ran Namerode, Cole Payne
Screenwriter: Will Janowitz
Distributor: Sunrise Films
Production Co: Randomix Productions, Traverse Media
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos