# Shadowboxer (2005)

> Two professional assassins transform a botched hit into a fragile family refuge while illness and criminal violence close in.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5052

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Lee Daniels
- Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Mirren, Vanessa Ferlito, Macy Gray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephen Dorff, Mo'Nique, Tom Pasch
- TMDB rating: 5.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396857/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: provocative, operatic, bleak, cult movie night, crime thriller marathon

## Movies like Shadowboxer

- [Riff Raff (2025)](https://ember.film/movie/1101386)
- [Panic (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/12447)
- [London Boulevard (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/32756)
- [Ava (2020)](https://ember.film/movie/376535)
- [Little Odessa (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/31711)
- [Killshot (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/9752)
- [Ashby (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/209424)
- [One in the Chamber (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/80221)
- [Interview with a Hitman (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/78094)
- [Violet & Daisy (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/64235)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt