Shadowboxer (2005)
Feeling Protected Is Very Seductive
93 min
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last.
- Release date
- September 9, 2005
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Mikey
- Helen Mirren as Rose
- Vanessa Ferlito as Vicki
- Macy Gray as Neisha
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dr. Don
- Mo'Nique as Precious
- Stephen Dorff as Clayton Mayfield
- Matt Higgins as Eddie
- Tom Pasch as Andrew
- Ryan Eric Speise as Anthony (age 3)
Crew
- Lee Daniels · Director
- Will Rokos · Writer
- Lisa Cortes · Producer
- Lee Daniels · Producer
- Damon Dash · Producer
- Brook Lenfest · Producer
- Mario Grigorov · Composer
- M. David Mullen · Cinematographer
- William Chang · Editor
- Brian A. Kates · Editor
- Kerry Barden · Casting director
- Leah Daniels Butler · Casting director
- Diane Heery · Casting director
- Billy Hopkins · Casting director
- Steve Saklad · Production designer