The Shakedown (1929)
The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.
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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.