Shiner

Sep 14 2001 R 1h 39m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

Plot

Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. It's the biggest day of his life, though, because he has a champion on his hands, his twenty-year-old son, Eddie. Billy's put all of his money on a victory, as have his quarrelling daughters. But Eddie is nervous, an odd guy in a cap is hanging around, the licensed promoter Billy has hired to arrange the evening's other fights has hired dogs, the manager of Eddie's opponent looks down scornfully on Billy and on south London, and Scotland Yard wants to put Billy in jail for the death of a club brawler. When the night goes disastrously wrong, Billy tries to find out who double-crossed him.

Written by

Scott Cherry

Directed by

John Irvin

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Vision View Entertainment, Geoff Reeve Films & Television Ltd.

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,205
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA