A Prayer Before Dawn

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 56m
  • 76

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Runtime:

1hr 56m

Synopsis

Based on the true life experience of Billy Moore who survived his Thai prison ordeal by becoming a Muay Thai boxing champion.

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Trivia

  • The inmates in the film are all played by real ex-inmates who have served time in Thai prisons.
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Goofs

  • In an early fight, Billy's left ear is injured (outside near top cut open) and after is shown being sown together by Thai inmate: latter shots showing same ear have no sign of such / healing / scar or (probable) likes injury: of note, when the real B. Moore turns up as a visitor (as his own father) at the end, it is clear that his (real Billy) left ear (outside top) is missing.
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Metacritic

76
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Based on 17 Critics
7.0

USER SCORE (25)

Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Reviews
80

Prayer dwells with almost swooning rapture on the bodies of young men as they mete out brutal violence on one another, and features a cast composed mostly of unknowns, impressively coached in order to deliver arresting turns onscreen.

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Metacritic review by Leslie Felperin
Leslie Felperin
The Hollywood Reporter
80

Cole, best known for a supporting role in the TV series Peaky Blinders, gives everything to this role. It’s a physical transformation in which he convincingly plays a beaten, battered-to-a-pulp boxer who learns the rules of Muay Thai, but also a deep internal reach to deliver a complex, defiantly self-sabotaging character with depth of understanding.

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Fionnuala Halligan
Screen Daily
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