‘Bleed for This’ is a brutal boxing biopic worth seeing

owningtown native Miles Teller commits body and soul to “Bleed For This,” a biopic about boxer Vinny Pazienza, one of the strongest-willed belters in the history of the sport.

After winning two title bouts, Paz is involved in a brutal car accident that leaves him with a nearly-severed spine. Rather than undergoing the recommended treatment, he wears a painful Halo brace and begins training to go back in the ring.

Paz’s determination to make a comeback is essentially the whole movie, and the scenes of him lifting weights after the accident and having the screws removed from his skull are simply riveting. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu.

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SEACIA PAVAO/OPEN ROAD FILMS VIA AP Ciaran Hinds, from “Bleed For This.” left, Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart appear in a scene from the film