46/41
Brian Tyree Henry replaced Ice Cube
Plot
In Clare ‘T-Rex’ Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan, who trained to become the first woman in her country’s history to win Olympic gold in the sport. In the film, Clare’s father gets out of prison when she’s sixteen and trains for the Olympics. In reality, Bo Shields got out of prison when he was nine and after his release, he rekindled his interest in boxing.
However, runners, gymnasts, and swimmers can easily succeed
T-Rex Version (2015). Honestly, I’m embarrassed that I’ve never heard of Claressa Shields. How does she win two straight fights and not become a household name?
Again, I couldn’t tell you a single successful Olympic boxer
This just proves that women have a long way to go, because if it were a man it would certainly be different. Maybe I’m just completely in the dark about a lot of sports. Either way, this film showed a real problem that exists.
It’s only halfway done
As far as sports movies go, this one is interesting because it’s not a hint that she might win the gold. This is more of a fight about what comes next for Claressa after she becomes world champion. It was sad and embarrassing.
This was AMC Screen Unseen on December 16th
I really enjoyed this movie, it’s worth it and beautifully made. The acting by Ryan Destiny and Brian Henry is phenomenal! A wonderful surprise for my first Screen Unseen.