Distributor:
Universal Entertainment Certificate: M15+ | 90
minuutes
Available to rent/buy Director:Alex
DeRakoff Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Orlando Bloom, Billie Piper, David Kelly, Omid Djalil,
Michael Lerner, Mark Heap, Ronnie Ancona
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Milkman
Jimmy Connelly (Bloom), a man
with a head as hard as a rock,
finds himself the main British
contender in a world boxing
championship boxing bout after
accidentally breaking the hand
of the real contender in a
sparring match. Meanwhile a
documentary film-maker is making
a film about the upcoming
championship bout.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
It’s
easy to see why The Calcium Kid disappeared at the big screen, its silly
without being overly funny and uses a fake documentary feel that was
already old hat before filming even started. Clearly hoping for a Full
Monty type production The Calcium Kid does sometimes get there but more
often the jokes are obvious, the dialogue flat and the acting distinctly
ordinary.
Plus
points are Bloom looking less like Legolas than you could possibly get
and an appearance by a very frail looking David Kelly as an aging
trainer. Fans of Bloom will lap it up the rest of us may find it a
little curdled.
