During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.

Bruiser is a TV comedy sketch show produced for BBC Two.

Bruiser is the story of a man who has always tried to fit in. He keeps his mouth shut, follows the rules, and does what he's supposed to do. But one morning, he wakes up to find his face is gone. All the years of acquiescence have cost him the one thing he can't replace: his identity. Now he's a blank, outside as well as in, an anonymous, featureless phantom. Bent on exacting revenge, he explodes. He isn't going to follow the rules anymore.

After his father gets into a fight at a bowling alley, Darious begins to investigate the limitations of his own manhood.

Jack Rose is a small-time criminal who works simple jobs that require brutal tactics in exchange for fast cash. He's determined to help his father keep the small motel that is all he has left in the world Now caught up in a lucrative job smuggling a young girl, Jack questions where his loyalty lies and embarks on a terrifying roller-coaster ride through the seedy underbelly of the American dream.

In 1959 New York, a pensive, Jewish fellow named Rivner befriends an oversized Italian-American tough named Boscolo from the Lower East Side. Both men served overseas during WWII and returned changed, no longer fitting inside the lives they'd left behind. Uninterested in taking orders from bosses or playing by the rules of polite society, the two friends partner up as a bookmaker and an enforcer and create an illicit gambling operation that proves to be very profitable, though risky, and their situation gets rather sticky when they find themselves stuck between a powerful Irish gang and the Mafia.

'Spurred on by his girlfriend, Bingo the dog decides to enter for a £500 challenge boxing match with prizefighter Samson.' (British Film Institute)

Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.

"Wrestling's Last Rebel" is the definitive look at the life and career of Bruiser Brody told by the people who knew him best. Bruiser Brody was the most unpredictable and charismatic wrestler of all time. Independent, blood, guts, and box office, no one matched Bruiser Brody. Many have tried but there will never be another like him. From becoming a star in the United States to an international mega-star in Japan, Bruiser Brody marched to the beat of his own drum and did things his way. With a rebellious spirit running through his veins, Brody carved out a niche as an independent wrestler before the indies ever existed.

An opening section of heavy handed humour about boxing styles gives way to a genuine and extraordinary discovery in this silent curio.