By Tara Brady

Director Ben Younger debuted in 2000 with Boiler Room, a tart drama set at a brokerage firm and powered along by the unbridled machismo of that dubious sector. Bleed for This could easily play on a double bill with that earlier film. The true, incredible story of Vincent Pazienza, aka Vinny Paz, aka PazMania, is a compelling portrait of punctured masculinity.

Pazienza, an Italian-American boxer from Rhode Island scored a string of wins – at lightweight, light middleweight and super middleweight – under the guidance of Mike Tyson's old trainer, Kevin Rooney. In 1991, he broke his neck and injured his spine in a car accident. Doctors told him that he might not walk again, let alone fight: Vinny, however, had other ideas.

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