The Cut (2024 film)

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The Cut
The Cut 2025 film poster.jpg
UK theatrical release poster
Directed by Sean Ellis
Screenplay byJustin Bull
Story byMark Lane
Produced by
  • Mark Lane
  • Leonora Darby
  • James Harris
  • Orlando Bloom
  • Adam Karasick
  • Bret Saxon
  • Thomas Fanning
Starring
CinematographySean Ellis
Edited byMátyás Fekete
Music by
Production
companies
  • Tea Shop Productions
  • Amazing Owl
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)(TIFF) [2]
  • 5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)(United States)
Running time
96 minutes [1]
Country
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

The Cut is a 2024 psychological thriller film directed by Sean Ellis and starring Orlando Bloom as an Irish boxer ending his retirement to seek a championship title, undergoing a drastic weight cutting regimen at the urging of his coach. The film premiered as a Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2024.

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Premise

Determined to win a championship title after coming out of retirement, a Irish fighter begins a grueling training and weight loss regimen under a demanding, unorthodox boxing coach. [3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay for The Cut was written by Justin Bull from a story by Mark Lane. Deadline reported in early 2023 that principal photography was set to take place that summer in Nevada. [4] In an interview with Collider , Bloom reported that he had lost 35 pounds for his starring role. [5]

Release

The Cut premiered as a Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2024. [3] [2] The film was released in the United States on September 5, 2025. [6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 67% of 46 critics' reviews are positive. [7] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Cut (2025)". BBFC . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Pond, Steve (22 July 2024). "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes New Films From Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns". TheWrap . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 "The Cut". Toronto International Film Festival . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (12 February 2023). "Orlando Bloom To Star In Boxing Thriller 'The Cut' For Director Sean Ellis –EFM". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ↑ McPherson, Chris (20 April 2024). "Orlando Bloom Shed 35 Pounds For His Upcoming Boxing Movie [Exclusive]". Collider . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Seigh, Steve (6 August 2025). "The Cut: Orlando Bloom packs on the pounds in the disturbingly instense trailer for Sean Ellis' boxing drama". JoBlo.com . Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Cut". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Cut". Metacritic . Retrieved 6 September 2025.
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