Six Rounds takes place in the aftermath of the 2011 riots, the movie focuses on Stally (Adam J. Bernard) a former boxer who has hung up his gloves as he is roped back into a life of crime to save a friend.
Most of the film is shot in black and white and rather than this being for artistic integrity or any of that non-sense, Six Rounds uses it to focus on emotion, mood and race definition. It’s quite a nice touch and adds an intensity to what we’re seeing unfold before us.
Stally is a man split between his old life of crime and his new more upmarket lifestyle, torn between his lower class background and upper class current lifestyle. The film always allows for interpretation rather than force feeding you everything you need to know and allows you to speculate on your own observations. Each trial is reflected as a round of boxing, each struggle, each step forward is two steps backwards replicated in a boxing ring.
Adam J. Bernard puts in a wonderfully captivating performance as Stally and he’s one of the reasons why this film didn’t drag on for me. His character goes through this rollercoaster of past vs present and all of the day to day judgements and and through all of the differences within British Culture we’re right there beside him every step of the way. The script really allows him to develop and as the film grows, the emotional strength of the movie grows with it.
Emotionally impactful and hard-hitting Six Rounds is a unique film that deserves your attention. Something out of the oridinary.
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Six Rounds
Summary
Emotionally impactful and hard-hitting Six Rounds is a unique film that deserves your attention. Something out of the oridinary.
