Nothing is better than a good, old fashioned redemption story and no genre of entertainment supplies as many of them as professional sports. A once mighty champion who is knocked off his perch and fallen onto hard times, only to resurrect himself back into the king of his division is something Hollywood makes legends of.
With Showtime’s controversial new documentary that airs Friday night (8:30 p.m. ET/PT), the cable giant and director Micah Brown toed the line between heart string-tugging redemption and fist-pounding resentment and disgust. The 90-minute film is narrated by the iconic Ron Perlman (Hell Boy, Sons of Anarchy) and it’s an intriguing look into the criminal justice system of another country that is polar opposite to the one in the U.