A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.
Acting
Bloom's physical transformation is genuinely unsettling to witness.
Cinematography
The Vegas room becomes a suffocating character of its own.
Direction
Ellis traps you in the boxer’s deteriorating headspace completely.
Director
Sean Ellis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sean Ellis used actual MMA weight-cutting consultants; some crew members couldn't watch the dehydration sequences.
The film sparked renewed debate about combat sports weight classes, with several fighters citing it as 'traumatically accurate.'
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