Poor Boy's Game (2007)
Against George (Danny Glover) and Ruth's (Tonya Lee Williams) wishes, Donnie (Rossif Sutherland) is paroled from prison. Donnie beat down their son, Charles (K.C. Collins), leaving him brain-damaged. The Canadian town they live in is racially divided, and the African-Canadian community takes Donnie's parole as a slap in the face.
Donnie could have been out of jail in three years instead of spending ten, but his temper kept getting him in trouble. He comes home to a dysfunctional family that hasn't changed much in that time. His brother Keith (Greg Bryk) is a hothead who disrespects his wife, Emma (Laura Regan), and his uncle Joe (Stephen McHattie) runs a nightclub that has a policy of not allowing African-Canadians inside. Joe hires Donnie on his security team, and expects that his nephew continues to think the same old way. Donnie has changed, and his manner suggests that he does feel remorse and guilt over his crime.
A professional boxer named Ossie (Flex Alexander), who is a friend of Charles, gets the idea to stage a match with Donnie. He and Donnie had fought in the past, and Ossie sees the fight as a way to even that score, and get revenge for Charles. The African-Canadian community is behind this, but George begins to have second thoughts. Ossie is looking to kill Donnie in the ring. George is eaten up inside over his son, but he's not sure that he wants retribution in that manner. He tries to convice Ossie to cancel the fight, but Ossie refuses. The revenge machine is in motion, and there's no way to stop it. George then decides to train Donnie on how to beat Ossie. "I ain't doing this for you," George tells him. Of course, George's decision to help Donnie is not appreciated, especially by Ruth and Keith.
The film is framed around boxing, but the strong central theme is forgiveness. Both George and Donnie have to go against the grain in order to stop perpetrating the hate, and their paths aren't easy. There are a lot of quiet moments in this movie, where the characters are thinking about the turmoil inside of them, and wrestling with it.
Danny Glover was the abusive husband in The Color Purple (1986). Rossif Sutherland is a half-brother to Kiefer Sutherland. Stephen McHattie is a character actor ("Look What Happened To Rosemary's Baby") who's appeared in many TV and movie productions. Tonya Lee Williams was a cast member on the soap "The Young and The Restless". Flex Alexander was the dad on the sitcom, "One On One".
Donnie could have been out of jail in three years instead of spending ten, but his temper kept getting him in trouble. He comes home to a dysfunctional family that hasn't changed much in that time. His brother Keith (Greg Bryk) is a hothead who disrespects his wife, Emma (Laura Regan), and his uncle Joe (Stephen McHattie) runs a nightclub that has a policy of not allowing African-Canadians inside. Joe hires Donnie on his security team, and expects that his nephew continues to think the same old way. Donnie has changed, and his manner suggests that he does feel remorse and guilt over his crime.
A professional boxer named Ossie (Flex Alexander), who is a friend of Charles, gets the idea to stage a match with Donnie. He and Donnie had fought in the past, and Ossie sees the fight as a way to even that score, and get revenge for Charles. The African-Canadian community is behind this, but George begins to have second thoughts. Ossie is looking to kill Donnie in the ring. George is eaten up inside over his son, but he's not sure that he wants retribution in that manner. He tries to convice Ossie to cancel the fight, but Ossie refuses. The revenge machine is in motion, and there's no way to stop it. George then decides to train Donnie on how to beat Ossie. "I ain't doing this for you," George tells him. Of course, George's decision to help Donnie is not appreciated, especially by Ruth and Keith.
The film is framed around boxing, but the strong central theme is forgiveness. Both George and Donnie have to go against the grain in order to stop perpetrating the hate, and their paths aren't easy. There are a lot of quiet moments in this movie, where the characters are thinking about the turmoil inside of them, and wrestling with it.
Danny Glover was the abusive husband in The Color Purple (1986). Rossif Sutherland is a half-brother to Kiefer Sutherland. Stephen McHattie is a character actor ("Look What Happened To Rosemary's Baby") who's appeared in many TV and movie productions. Tonya Lee Williams was a cast member on the soap "The Young and The Restless". Flex Alexander was the dad on the sitcom, "One On One".
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