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Beat Down

2024 · 86 min

A scrappy, good-natured underdog story that mixes small-town comedy with a tender look at family pride and second chances.

Directed by
Curren Sheldon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Linds Edwards, Christy Martin, Trae Stout
Overview
A down-on-his-luck schemer from a West Virginia boxing family comes home to borrow money from his mother, a two-time world champion, and winds up fighting in a rowdy amateur boxing competition.

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Directed by
Curren Sheldon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Linds Edwards, Christy Martin, Trae Stout
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • sport
  • redemption
  • ambition
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Curren Sheldon
Written by
Curren Sheldon, John Temple
Starring
Linds Edwards, Christy Martin, Trae Stout
Cinematography
Curren Sheldon
Runtime
86 min

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