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Prayer Before Dawn, A (18)

Drama

A drama, based on the a story, in which a British boxer serves time in a Thai prison.


The critical consensus

Joe Cole stuns in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's gruelling biopic set in a Thai prison.

****(*)Emma Simmonds, The List, 16/07/2018

David Ungaro's invigorating cinematography and the bruising sound design ensure every moment feels painfully authentic.

****(*)Philip Concannon, The Skinny, 20/07/2018

For all the flying fists and the hero’s nightmarish predicament, the notions of redemption examined here are plenty deep. Add that to the bone-crunchingly effective technique and flawless lead performance, and you have yourself something very rare: a testosterone-driven narrative that’s about nurturing, rather than destruction. And one that achieves a bleeding-knuckled profundity.

*****Andrew Lowery, Empire Online, 20/07/2018

Joe Cole plays a British boxer fighting for survival among the inmates of a Bangkok hellhole in this grisly, visceral and often unwatchably brutal biopic.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 19/07/2018

Prison dramas don’t come any more bruising than real-life story A Prayer Before Dawn.

****(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 19/07/2018

A way-above-average genre movie with a star-making performance of animal energy from Joe Cole.

****(*)Christina Newland, Little White Lies, 19/07/2018

A fact-based story of an English drug addict surviving jail in Thailand through boxing is an intense assault on the senses.

****(*)Simran Hans, The Observer, 21/07/2018

Where and when?

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday July 20, 2018, until Thursday July 26, 2018. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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