12 Round Gun

When I started watching this movie I was not spell bound but after about half an hour the gritty filming and performance by Sam Upton I wasn't spellbound. A solid performance and story of overcoming your own demons that deserves much more than an average of 5.2

Mark Boone Jr. saved this movie; I loved him in SOA and he brings that same fire to this movie.

I enjoyed this film and found it had a deeper meaning which I appreciated... it is worth your time and a good flick for adults!

While this movie has problems, they are not really acting problems. But one can see that the script is amateurish, as is the filming. The movie drags the main character's shiftless alcoholism on too long. His son, Tommy, is vaunted as a boxing prospect, but apparently has never seen a punch he could not stop with his face. Actually, the boxing scenes in this movie are the worst I have ever seen. Clearly trying to emulate the Rocky films, the fights look almost prissy and idiotic. The repeated shot of a glove impacting the side a a boxer's face is done over and over again, each time worse and worse. Then the film ends abruptly, giving us no pay-off for hanging in through all this dreck!

Sam Upton has not been on my radar until I saw this. Great performance, good directing, camera work, writing, and acting (for the most part.) Great freshen full-length film debut.