The Bad Penny

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The Bad Penny

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2012

1h 29m

Drama

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A former boxer confronts his violent past after meeting a mysterious fan in Bangkok.

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Chuck Bowen

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Knockdown is a tedious narrative shambles that's almost hilariously unaware of its racism and sexism.

Rated: 0/4

Jun 4, 2012

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Jack Fleischer

Battleship Pretension

True low budget filmmaking. Much like folk art, its charm far outweighs its skill, but there are worse ways to spend an hour and a half.

Mar 24, 2021

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

It's hard to care.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jun 7, 2012

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Audience Member

Good idea. Horrible execution. Good backstory. Wack pacing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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I was pleased to see the end credits!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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I was pleased to see the end credits!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Knockdown is a straight-arrow, character-driven, dialogue-drenched drama -- and not a terribly effective one at that. And the conclusion offers a gimmicky and completely arbitrary twist that indicates that Bellanca really had no clue how to satisfactorily end this story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Considering the fact that this is a very low budget movie, it is surprisingly good. Story is engaging and despite the fact that its pace is very slow, chances are that you'll want to see where it will lead.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Todd Bellanca

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Casey T. Evans

Jack

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Nok

Josh Randall

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Synopsis

A former boxer confronts his violent past after meeting a mysterious fan in Bangkok.

Director: Todd Bellanca
Producer: Todd Bellanca, Sarote Tabcum Jr.
Screenwriter: Todd Bellanca, Sasha Levinson
Distributor: ARC Entertainment
Production Co: Tabcum Entertainment, Sanguine Smart
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Bloody Violence|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m

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