Shadowboxer

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.

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Lee Daniels directed Shadowboxer in 2005. See Lee Daniels's full filmography, where to start with Lee Daniels, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lee Daniels.

Shadowboxer was released in 2005 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 93 minutes.