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The Bad Penny

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2010 · 89 min Drama Mystery Thriller
3.2 / 10 · TMDB

Six years ago Jack "The Ripper" Stemmons, an American boxer had his career destroyed by a St. Louis bookie. After Jack seeks revenge he is forced into hiding. Jack disappears half way around the world in Thailand. There he falls victim to the addictive spell of Bangkok's exotic and dangerous underworld. Eventually he finds solace in the arms of a beautiful prostitute who has been set in his path by a Russian gangster in order to get Jack back in the ring, This time in Bangkok's notorious underground fight clubs. No matter how hard Jack tries to distance himself from his past, it always hunts him down like a Bad Penny. When a mysterious fight fan appears, it's only a matter of time before Jack's past, present and future accelerate and collide into a twisted climax.

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Year 2010
Country United States of America
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director Todd Bellanca
Runtime 89 min.
Rating TMDB: 3.2/10 (10 votes)

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The film constructs a gritty drama, relying on the contrast between Bangkok's oppressive streets and the claustrophobic world of underground fighting. It explores themes of fate and the inescapability of one's past, using the visual metaphor of a bad penny that always returns.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of grim inevitability, as the protagonist's past, present, and future violently converge in a predetermined climax. The atmosphere of a trapped man's struggle is palpable and unrelenting. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Todd Bellanca

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