Sucker Punch

Set in South London in the 1980s, Sucker Punch follows two black British teenagers and their rise from would-be vandals to boxing champions. Having caught Leon and his friend Troy breaking into his rundown gym, devoted Thatcherite Charlie sees talent in the boys. Determined to be taken seriously as boxers, the boys eventually convince Charlie to take them on as fighters. Then the British race riots break out, and a split-second betrayal changes both boys’ lives. Troy emigrates to America and becomes a star fighter. Leon has talent as well, which takes him to the Olympics, but racial dynamics in England, and his complicated relationship with Charlie’s daughter, threaten his success. The years pass and the childhood friends-turned-foes face off against each other in a fight for glory.