Cardboard Boxer — Trailer

added: Tue, Aug 30th '16

Thomas Haden Church is a homeless man who gets paid to fight other homeless men in the trailer for "Cardboard Boxer," which also stars Empire's Terrence Howard and Boyd Holbrook, from Netflix's "Narcos."

The upcoming gritty drama sees Church as a disheveled derelict who wanders through the back alleys of Los Angeles. While living off the money he earns from bum-fighting, he finds a child's discarded diary in a dumpster. After reading the journal, he immediately becomes motivated to turn his life around. He also wants to write a heartfelt letter of gratitude to the diary's owner.

"Cardboard Boxer" is the directorial debut of Knate Lee, a former camera operator and segment producer on "Jackass: The Series" and "Jackass: The Movie." Lee also wrote the screenplay.

Co-starring Macy Gray and Rhys Wakefield, the film will be made available on VOD on Tuesday, September 13 and will also be released in theaters on Friday, September 16.

synopsis:
Willie, homeless and on skid row, is coerced by two teens to fight other men for cash. Now involved in a violent world he can't understand and with few human connections beyond a girl's diary he found, Willie struggles to find a way out. Starring Thomas Haden Church (SIDEWAYS), Terrence Howard (EMPIRE), Boyd Holbrook (NARCOS) and Macy Gray, CARDBOARD BOXER is an unflinching look at the lives of the displaced and forgotten members of society.

directed by Knate Lee

starring Thomas Haden Church, Terrence Howard, Boyd Holbrook, Macy Gray, Rhys Wakefield

release date September 13, 2016 (on VOD); September 16, 2016 (in theaters)