Pinoy Pride XXIII

Former champion boxer Orlando Leone (Carman) is "The Preacher" at an inner-city youth center. Wanting to give something back to the community, he bought a large building for a church youth center. But the cash ran out before he could finish fixing it up and now, the mortgage company is about to foreclose. With his bills mounting he agr...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Lee Stanley

Cast

Carman, Michael Nouri, Patricia Manterola

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, bu...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

John Frankenheimer

Cast

Scott Glenn, Toshirō Mifune, Donna Kei Benz

Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the high expectations of his countrymen take their toll, he falls from grace. With the help of his wife (Bea Alonzo), will he be able to rise once more ...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Joel Lamangan

Cast

Jericho Rosales, Bea Alonzo, Bayani Agbayani

An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Eddie O'Flaherty

Cast

J.P. Davis, Eddie Jones, Christina Chambers

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Piga...

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Rachid Bouchareb

Cast

Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila