Halle Berry has come out swinging in the first trailer for Bruised. Marking Berry’s directorial debut, today’s Bruised trailer has the multi-award-winning actor entering the octagon for an MMA sports drama with heart.
Per Netflix, here is the official synopsis for Bruised:
Jackie Justice (Halle Berry) is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after her fight, she’s coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi (Adan Canto) and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter (Shamier Anderson) who promises Jackie a life back in the octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny (Danny Boyd, Jr.) — the son she gave up as an infant — shows up at her doorstep. BRUISED marks the directorial debut of Academy Award winner Halle Berry and also stars Adriane Lenox, Sheila Atim, Valentina Shevchenko, and Stephen McKinley Henderson in a triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out.
Directed by Berry from a script written by Michelle Rosenfarb, the Bruised trailer makes it clear that Berry is in amazing shape and that she’s ready to go toe-to-toe with human freight trains. In addition to featuring plenty of hard-hitting MMA action, Bruised looks to pack an emotional punch as well. Hell hath no fury like a mother whose back is against the wall, right?
Bruised also stars Adan Canto, Adriane Lenox, Sheila Atim, Valentina Shevchenko, Lela Loren, Nikolai Nikolaef, Shamier Anderson, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and introduces Danny Boyd Jr. Basil Iwanyk, Brad Feinstein, Guymon Casady, Linda Gottlieb, Erica Lee, Gillian G. Hormel, Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis, and Terry Douglas produce.
In addition to today’s Bruised trailer, Netflix also debuted a new poster for the upcoming film:
Bruised premiered at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival, where Netflix touched gloves with it for a heavyweight class amount of $20 million. According to Berry, she broke two ribs while shooting the movie. After taking some time to heal, she returned to the ring more determined than ever to deliver a contemporary undergo story.
Bruised opens in select theaters on November 17 and then debuts on Netflix on November 24.
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