Mr. Knockout

The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.

Director: Artyom Mikhalkov

Cast: Viktor Horinyak, Sergei Bezrukov, Inga Strelkova-Oboldina, Evgeniya Dmitrieva, Angelina Strechina, Andrey Sergeev, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Andrey Titchenko

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.