jpJul 25, 2025
Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch the Fair One packs promise, grit, and a ferocious lead performance by real-life fighter Kali Reis — and then fades to black before it earns the KO.
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Catch the Fair One: All Punch, No Payoff

Women’s boxing rounds last just two minutes. That’s one minute shorter than men’s boxing. That’s exactly how Catch the Fair One (2021) feels — like something has been arbitrarily taken out of it. T…

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jpMay 30, 2023
Clean descends from the same lineage of Tough Silent Guys as Charles Bronson in Death Wish, Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, and Bobby De Niro in Taxi Driver — the latter whose influence Clean wears like a badge of honor right from the opening narration.
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The Gospel According to Brody: Clean and the Resurrection of the Revenge Thriller

In the cinematic family tree of laconic-but-deadly avengers, Clean (2021) is a redheaded stepchild—a film that knows exactly what it’s channeling and doesn’t pretend otherwise. It’s drenched …

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