Knuckle (2011):

Starring:

James Quinn McDonagh
Ian Palmer (Narrator)

Director:
Ian Palmer

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Flixster: 69%

Synopsis:

James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy "The Lurcher" Joyce. Names that demand attention. Men related by blood but separated by a feud that dates back generations. As the heads of rival families, they train to represent their feuding Irish travelling clans, in their long-standing history of violent bare-knuckle boxing. With KNUCKLE, filmmaker Ian Palmer presents a hard-edged portrait of Irish Traveller male culture and explores the bond of loyalty, the need for revenge, and the pressures to fight for the honor of your family name. Irish Travellers are normally silent about certain parts of their lifestyle and this is a rare chance to step inside one of the world's most vibrant and elusive communities. Never before has such a portrayal of their fighting traditions been committed to film as Palmer spent years around the clans before they agreed to shoot their secretive world and their way of settling scores: no gloves, no padding, just KNUCKLE.

Review:

Incredible. The film is basically the real life story of Brad Pitt's character in "Snatch". Just the concept of this film would make a great movie, unfortunately for Hollywood this is a real life thing! Families fist fighting over decade long fueds. Young men challenging elders who have fought for years. The disappointment & heart break for the losers to have to face their own families after a loss. The large amounts of money bet on their own fighters that somehow manages to keep the winning man's family economically stable for just that much longer. OH & not to mention that THEY ARE ALL RELATED! You thought that your extended family has issues? You could not be anymore wrong!!


68%


Cinematography: 11/20
Intrigue: 18/20
Extra: 10/10
Non-Bias Story Telling: 2/10