I imagine he gets put into a certain box as an actor due to his sheer size, but at least it'll be fun watching him punch his way out of that box in Archenemy, which strikes me as a decent vehicle for his muscular talents. I may not have seen Mortimer's last film, Daniel Is Real, which came out earlier this year and seemed well received by the genre community, but I'm a fan of Manganiello, who seems like one of the more relatable "tough guys" working today. Also, the film's message was praised.Skylan Brooks ( The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete) co-stars alongside Zolee Griggs, Amy Seimetz and Glenn Howerton, the latter of whom is best known for playing Dennis on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but has long had an affinity for genre movies, having appeared in The Strangers, The Hunt and the Crank movies. They remain friends for the rest of their lives.Ĭritics judged the DVD was worthwhile watching for boxing fans although the film had palpably been made for TV. When Schmeling travels to America on a business trip, he visits the divorced and impoverished Joe Louis. With Anny Ondra's approval, he accepts the offered position. Max Schmeling is eventually lucky because an American boxing official remembers him when Coca-Cola is looking for an appropriate representative in Germany.
Both are clearly past their prime, but still they have to return to the boxing ring. Joe Louis has problems with the Internal Revenue Service. Schmeling's house in Germany is destroyed. Eventually he has to serve as a soldier in the Fallschirmjäger while Joe Louis does exhibition fights for the United States Army.Īfter the war both boxers face personal difficulties. Even so, Max Schmeling never agrees to become a member of the ruling Nazi party. In the end only Anny Ondra's aptitude as an actress saves their lives. Max Schmeling and Anny Ondra hide his Jewish tailor in their house. Meanwhile in Germany, the Kristallnacht takes place. He is revered by the public, but his wife Marva ( Siena Goines) leaves him because she can't deal with the effect this has on him. Schmeling's wife, Anny Ondra ( Peta Wilson), waits for him at the airport but this time there is nobody else to receive him. Joe Jacobs remains in USA when Schmeling returns home again. Joe Louis visits him after the fight when Schmeling is being treated in a hospital. Unable to keep on fighting he must forfeit. Right at the beginning of this fight Schmeling is hit in the lumbar region and suffers a spinal injury. This time the American audience is completely against Schmeling because the Nazis have succeeded in using him in their propaganda. Schmeling feels that he owes Louis a rematch. Nevertheless, Hitler ( Rolf Kanies) himself forces Schmeling to sign the Nazi treatise at last. Moreover, Schmeling is allowed to keep his manager despite all the discrimination Jews are facing in Germany at this time. Only his currently huge popularity saves him from their wrath. The reigning Nazi government strive to exploit his coup for their propaganda, but he refuses to sign a treatise supporting the Nazi line because for him it is unthinkable to comply with the racial policy of Nazi Germany. The German, who is nine years Louis's senior, surprises everybody by winning.
The next year they fight in the United States. Schmeling decides to seek a fight with Louis. A pioneer of video analysis, Schmeling discovers how Louis always neglects his guard when he has just delivered a certain blow. Jacobs delivers the film to his client, German heavyweight champion Max Schmeling ( Til Schweiger). Then Jewish-American boxing manager Joe Jacobs ( David Paymer) obtains a film of his fight against Paulino Uzcudun in Madison Square Garden. In 1936, African American boxer Joe Louis ( Leonard Roberts), trained by Jack Blackburn ( Richard Roundtree), is undefeated and apparently invincible.
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