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Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars in the drama from a screenplay by Monster's Ball writers Milo Addica and Will Rokos. The film follows Mikey, a young boxer who is hired to kill a mobster's pregnant wife. Helen Mirren plays his step-mother, with whom he works and becomes romantically involved. Lee Daniels makes his directorial debut. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith in an altered consciousness - one that'll bring arthouse habitués to attention, if not to their feet, out of respect for courage and originality." (Cinema Signals)