Genre: Drama/Historical
Director: Steve McQueen
Writer: Mo Buck
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Irons, Christoph Waltz, Donald Glover, David Oyelowo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Tyler James Williams, Stephen Root, Jim Caviezel, Matt Dillon
Budget: $43,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $87,092,556
Foreign Box Office: $50,309,417
Total Profit: $42,669,120
Reaction: Excellent numbers for this historical drama. It can be a risky genre (especially recently), as seen with the box office numbers for films like The Story of the Assassin, La Resistance and Merdeka. The film is also a nice box office success for McQueen, whose only previous film for the studio, Swim Through the Darkness, lost money.
"Mandingos is a bit of an odd combination of McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and a boxing drama, but it surprisingly works well thanks to a talented cast and an entertaining script by Mo Buck." - Adam Carpenter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"There are some brutal fight scenes, but I honestly don't think I got to know a single one of the characters in the film outside of the fights." - Jeremy Raren, RottenTomatoes.com
"Daniel Kaluuya and Anthony Mackie are both great as the main fighters of the film, but the real stand-out performance is from the legendary Jeremy Irons, who chews the scenery with glee." - Chris Price, Boston Herald
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