Phil Roberts 
Watch Orlando Bloom be put through his paces in the gripping first trailer for Altitude’s new boxing drama, The Cut.
With the Rocky formula still proving its staying power in films like Creed, boxing movies are making a comeback. The latest film to throw its hat into the ring is Altitude‘s The Cut, a gritty street-level boxing drama starring Orlando Bloom. The film follows a washed-up boxer who, after suffering a career-ending defeat, begins training for redemption. Sounds familiar, right? However, with the boxer’s obsession taking him to new lows and the world’s most callous manager calling the shots, any parallels to Rocky take a hard right.
With his partner by his side, the boxer agrees to meet and train under Boz (Turturro), a trainer known for his intense methods to prepare athletes for competition. As the fight approaches, Bloom’s character pushes himself beyond his limits, leaving Caitlin to fear for his safety. So, the question is: can the boxer survive the training?
Sean Ellis directs The Cut from a screenplay by Justin Bull, and the collaboration has delivered perhaps the grittiest Boxing drama to date. But before we delve any deeper into the film, the bell has rung, so check out the trailer below.
SYNOPSIS
After a career-ending defeat, a former champion trains for redemption – but as obsession takes hold and reality unravels, he may be spiraling into something far more terrifying.
CAST & CREW
Sean Ellis has put together a glorious cast to bring this gritty story to the screen. Aside from Orlando Bloom, the film boasts the talents of CaitrÃona Balfe and John Turturro as Bloom’s infamous manager. Mark Lane, Leonora Darby, James Harris, Orlando Bloom, Adam Karasick, Bret Saxon, and Thomas Fanning all serve as producers. Mark Lane produced the story, with Justin Bull contributing to the screenplay.
RELEASE
Orlando Bloom has been flexing his acting muscles of late. Recently, he starred alongside Bryce Dallas Howard in Prime Video’s Deep Cover and delivered one of his finest performances to date. But with The Cut, the actor appears to have found a character of incredible substance to sink his teeth into, and that is incredibly exciting. Bloom seems to be thriving at the moment and enjoying his work, and it shows through his performances. If his role in Deep Cover is anything to go by, The Cut could become one of the finest Boxing films in recent memory, and we are here for it.
Get ready for round one because The Cut punches into UK & Irish Cinemas from 5th September.
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Meet Phil Roberts! He’s the dedicated owner, daily content manager, and editor-in-chief of The Future of the Force. Phil is a budding novelist who turned his passion toward writing about the franchises he loves back in 2016. He’s a huge fan of all things Star Wars, Batman, DC, Marvel, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, King Kong, and the Ray Harryhausen movies. Phil is a BFI-accredited journalist and a distinguished member of the Film Critics Association UK.
If he’s not catching a movie at the cinema, you can bet he’s streaming something just as awesome!
