Underplayed Gems

One Second Champion (2020)

One Second Champion poster
Original title
一秒拳王
Directed by
Chiu Sin Hang
Genre
drama
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
15
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A man with the ability to see one second into the future becomes a boxer. An asthmatic gym heir trains him for a professional fight.

hopefulinspiringunderdogsportsactionupbeatfeel-gooddetermined

What happens

One Second Champion (Chinese: 一秒拳王) is a 2020 Hong Kong sports film directed by Chiu Sin-hang, marking his second feature film project after Vampire Cleanup Department (2017). Chiu also takes on a lead role, alongside Endy Chow, Chanon Santinatornkul, and Lin Min Chen, portraying an asthmatic heir of a boxing gym who transforms a gambling addict with an ability to see one second into the future (played by Chow) into a professional boxer. The film premiered as the closing film of 17th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on 22 November 2020, and was theatrically released on 11 March 2021, in Hong Kong. It was named a Film of Merit in the 27th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards and received four nominations in the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.