Shadowboxer (2005)

Overview

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.

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Directed by

Lee Daniels

Cast

• Cuba Gooding Jr. as Mikey
• Helen Mirren as Rose
• Vanessa Ferlito as Vicki
• Macy Gray as Neisha
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dr. Don
• Stephen Dorff as Clayton Mayfield
• Mo'Nique as Precious
• Tom Pasch as Andrew
• Ryan Eric Speise as Anthony - Age 3
• Matt Higgins as Eddie
• John Panzarella as Man in Hotel
• Marvina Vinique as Mikey's Mother

Trailer

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