Giant

Rowan Athale's 2026 British film follows the boxer Naseem Hamed from a working-class district of Sheffield to a world title. At its centre is his relationship with his trainer Brendan Ingle: an unexpected partnership between a man out of the steel industry and a boy of Yemeni descent. What makes it interesting is presenting Hamed's unorthodox style and showy persona not as a flaw but as a strategy. The racism of eighties and nineties Britain is set inside the story. Amir El-Masry's performance is physically convincing. The film follows the sports biography template and arrives where expected in its final section. Who it's for: viewers who like sports biography and boxing films. Who it's not for: anyone wanting a story outside the template, or avoiding violent fight sequences.