SYNOPSIS
Risen. The remarkable and compelling true story of one of Britain’s greatest sporting heroes, Welsh boxing legend Howard Winstone, is brought to the screen in Risen, a distinctively British boxing film that ranks alongside “The Fighter”, “Rocky”, and “Cinderella Man” as a sports movie that transcends the genre while still managing to deliver “knockout fight scenes” (South Wales Echo) that are “as good or even better than Scorsese’s Raging Bull” (New Jersey Film Festival).
Produced and co-written by director Neil Jones (The Lost) and star Stuart Brennan (Jack Said), and co-starring John Noble (Fringe; The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King), Shane Ritchie (EastEnders), Boyd Clack (High Hopes) and Grainne Joughin (The Lost), Risen is one of only three movies ever to have been supported officially by the World Boxing Council (the others being “The Hurricane” and “Million Dollar Baby”).
Adding to its pedigree, the film features cameo appearances from a host of real-life fighters including five-time World Boxing Champion, Erik Morales, British World Champion, Alan Minter, Olympic Gold Medallist and Heavyweight Champion of the World, Leon Spinks, the first officially licensed British female boxer, Jane Couch, plus world champions Tim Witherspoon, Enzo Maccarinelli, Steve Robinson, John H. Stracey, Glenn Catley, Richie Woodhall, Robin Reid and Junior Witter.
