“Giant” tells the story of Yemeni British boxing champion Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed from childhood to becoming world champion. It follows the well-trodden path of the sports biopic: rising from humble beginnings through adversity and intense training to reach unimaginable triumphs. However, at its center is the relationship between Hamed (Ahmed ElMasry) and Brendan Ingle ( Pierce Brosnan ), an Irish transplant in Sheffield, who coached the promising pugilist since he was 7 years old. That long connection between the two men gives writer-director Rowan Athale ’s film a distinctive narrative edge.

An early pivotal scene establishes both the relationship and one of the main thematic threads of the film. The audience follows Ingle’s gaze as he looks down from a double-decker bus to a youn

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