The Cut

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The Cut

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Sep 2025

1h 39m

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After a career-ending defeat, a former champion trains for redemption -- but as obsession takes hold and reality unravels, he may be spiraling into something far more terrifying.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Sep 5

2/5

What looks at first like a boxing drama tries to invent “weight-loss drama” as a genre all its own. The all-round exertion is immense, but the experience is a bizarre ordeal.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

Sep 5

2/4

While the film may not go about its expected narrative path, it never quite manages to make itself into anything interesting or edifying and winds up wasting an undeniably committed performance from Orlando Bloom in the process.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Sep 4

It’s a story that’s been told umpteen times but what set this apart, I would suggest, is its deep and unremitting unpleasantness.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Nov 9

62/100

In a world full of boxing dramas, the best and possibly only reason to watch this is is that it might be Orlando Bloom’s best work ever. So, I guess you could say it just barely made the cut.

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Stephen Porzio

joe.ie

Oct 29

Despite the lack of in-ring action (perhaps the result of a low budget)... The Cut makes for a mostly powerful watch, particularly in its first three-quarters.

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Oct 23

2/5

Orlando Bloom's performance is the main selling point as a tortured boxer so desperate for a second shot this takes on 'be careful what you wish for' dimensions, but ultimately it's a horror film about weight loss and obsession without variations in...

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Dr.J

Sep 7

Good performances, not your typical "Rocky" story. More realistic as to the desires, means and consequences of being a fighter. It was a bit too repetitive in making its point -- the length an aging boxer will go to in order to have his last hurrah -- and so it got a bit tedious. Otherwise, interesting and reccomended.

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Arthur R

Dec 2

There's a lot to like about this film... gritty, unflinching, showing a side of the fight game that doesn't get enough attention, however, it's certainly knocked down a few pegs for the over-the-top ridiculously unneccessary ending.

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Corey J

@FilmGuyCorey Nov 28

The performances out of Orlando Bloom, John Turturro, and particularly Caitriona Baife were pretty great but the writing and low-budget nature of the movie left a lot to be desired. Some of the interactions felt so mechanical. I put that more on the writing than the acting because they felt like unnatural things somebody would be doing even in a hyper-stressed situation like this movie was portraying. There was some nice psychological grit in here, though.

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@Okbullard Nov 15

Wow this film was not even close to what I initially expected, it was so intense. Orlando Bloom was really good in this. I've always really liked John Turturro and he stole every scene. It's interesting the title The Cut applied to at least three different events in this film, what a great choice.

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D C

Nov 10

I really liked it and I thought I wasn’t going to, don’t watch it if you are wanting to watch a boxing movie. It’s more of a psychological thriller.

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A.L.Jude P

@judebd Nov 8

Where was this heading ? Could have been a good feelgood movie yet ended with empty hand!

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Synopsis

After a career-ending defeat, a former champion trains for redemption -- but as obsession takes hold and reality unravels, he may be spiraling into something far more terrifying.

Director: Sean Ellis
Producer: Mark Lane, Leonora Darby, James Harris, Orlando Bloom, Adam Karasick, Bret Saxon, Thomas Fanning
Screenwriter: Justin Bull
Distributor: Republic Pictures
Production Co: Tea Shop Productions, Amazing Owl
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Abuse|Brief Sexual Content|Some Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Crime, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 5, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 23, 2025
Runtime: 1h 39m

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