Review of Shadowboxer (2005) by Richard M — 10 Nov 2007

This movie is truly terrible. Lee Daniels should seriously stop directing. I mean "wow".. it's so bad.

This review of Shadowboxer (2005) was written by Richard M on 10 Nov 2007.

Shadowboxer has generally received mixed reviews.

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