Punch
Strength to fight, courage to love.
Jim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life's trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
- 5.7
- 2022
- Released
- 1h 39m
Tim Roth
Stan
Jordan Oosterhof
Jim Richardson
Conan Hayes
Whetu
Abigail Laurent
Chelsea
Karl Willetts
Manager
Connor Johnston
ColinMatt Hicks
RefereeSimon McConnon
CoachStephanie Cope
Lady in Sunglasses with DogSage Klein
Amber
Released
en
- #lgbt athlete
- #lgbt
- #boxing
- #gay theme
Reviews
Punch is a nice film that is really needed in today for New Zealand Boxing which currently battles Homophobia and toxic masculinity. Jordan Oosterhof who plays the boxer has obviously done well to maintain his fitness for the film but the true star of this movie is Conan Hayes. The writing with Conan Hayes was great and you can tell he did amazing job with is with portraying a gay teenage Maori bo
Punch is a nice film that is really needed in today for New Zealand Boxing which currently battles Homophobia and toxic masculinity. Jordan Oosterhof who plays the boxer has obviously done well to maintain his fitness for the film but the true star of this movie is Conan Hayes. The writing with Conan Hayes was great and you can tell he did amazing job with is with portraying a gay teenage Maori bo