With his wiry frame, Tim Blake Nelson isn’t the first actor who springs to mind to play a boxer. But he laces up the gloves in the boxing drama Bang Bang, which opens in theaters next month from Vertigo Releasing.
In Bang Bang, Nelson plays a retired fighter who gets a shot at redemption when he begins training his grandson to enter the ring. But is this second chance legit? Or is there something darker at play?
The film is directed by Vincent Grashaw from a Will Janowitz script. Glen Pummer, Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda, Andrew Liner, Erica Gimpel, and Daniella Pineda round out an impressive cast for a small drama such as this.
SYNOPSIS: In BANG BANG, retired boxer Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski (Tim Blake Nelson) finds a renewed sense of purpose when he reconnects with his estranged grandson and begins training him in the very sport that destroyed his life. As the bond between them grows, questions arise about Bang Bang’s true motivations – including from an old flame who witnessed his explosive rise in the 1980s and his bitter rivalry with her cousin, now a formidable political figure and Detroit mayoral candidate, Darnell Washington. Is Bang Bang simply passing down his anger, or is there real redemption in his mentorship?
Bang Bang opens on September 12th.
