Halle Berry directs and stars in this MMA comeback tale as Jackie "Justice", a disgraced fighter who has failed at the...
Halle Berry directs and stars in this MMA comeback tale as Jackie "Justice", a disgraced fighter who has failed at the one thing she's ever been good at. When 6-year-old Manny, the son she walked out on years ago, returns to her doorstep, Jackie has to conquer her own demons, face one of the fiercest rising stars of the MMA world, and ultimately fight to become the mother this kid deserves.
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50 %94 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
56 %346 reviewsAudience score rating
"No one expects Berry to reinvent the sports movie, but still she manages to impress on both sides of the camera in the final act."
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Variety
Variety"The fight scenes are skillfully choreographed, but in other respects Berry’s direction is shaky."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"You’ll forgive the cliches and sentimentality… just about."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A film drowning in melodrama and artifice..."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Bruised pulls too many punches..."
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail"Bruised isn't breaking any new ground from a narrative standpoint, but it does show the strength of Halle Berry as a director."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Not even Halle Berry's presence can enliven this stale sports film-family drama mash-up."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"A marks-for-effort sort of film..."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"The film is rescued at almost every turn by Berry's fearless, vanity-free turn."
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The Times
The Times"Berry's exhausting directorial debut pummels us with cliches and subplots."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-TimesBruised | Details
- Rating
- 15, strong language, violence, domestic abuse, sex, child sex abuse references
- Runtime
- 129
- Genre
- Drama, Sport
- Country of origin
- USA
