If you loved The Paperboy, try Shadowboxer
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Shadowboxer has roughly 10.2× fewer votes than The Paperboy — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
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.
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