If you loved The Paperboy, try Shadowboxer
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Shadowboxer hat ungefähr 10.2× Stimmen weniger als The Paperboy — ein tieferer Cut, keine Mainstream-Empfehlung. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Lee Daniels, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Paperboy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Shadowboxer is
Harlem rooftops. Winter dusk. A silenced pistol cough. Rose can't finish a hit, delivering the mob boss's baby instead of killing it. She and Mikey then guard mother and child, even as Rose succumbs to illness. Lee Daniels goes full Sirk-by-way-of-Woo in this one.

