Johnny Fantastic

Johnny Fantastic is a young boxer on is way up. He's from Shefflield, a grim, dirty, old industrial city in the North of England. It's a town which doesn't hand out too many chances, particularly to a young black kid. But Johnny is cool. He's quick, sharp, fit, good looking and desperately sexy. This film follows him has he prepares for a fight. In grainy, stylish Black and White it explores the unusual aspects of a boxer's life - picking up his sponsored car, the public acclaim and it takes us into his most intimate moments copturing the enormous psycho-drama of the pre-fight moments. This is a film which takes us in close - into the shower after the fight, shows us the Boxing groupies, and the party in the nightclub. This is a film about one of the highest dramas of all - the wolrd of the professional fighter. But in the end it's a film about heart, a film about regular people in an extraordinary profession.