There’s no respite, no time-out between bouts, just a state of extreme and prolonged exertion. By contrast, this scene conveys a sense of unrelenting tension, a constant straining of every bodily fiber to survive for one second longer, to come out just barely on top. ![]() With boxing, one punch ends before the next is thrown, which means that, in theory, a nimble fighter could go entire rounds without being struck. In lieu of boxing’s reliance on discrete blows, the combatants-protagonist Martel “Too Sweet” Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) and “Half Dead” Johnson (Badja Djola)-spend most of the grueling, eight-minute struggle in a variety of arm locks and chokeholds. ![]() ![]() Jamaa Fanaka’s Penitentiary (1979) is about boxing, but its first, longest, and most brutal fight centers on grappling.
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