Review of Welcome to the Punch (2013) by Gareth D — 09 Oct 2014

Fun enough, rather cliched, overacted and obvious - but a fun little romp with a couple of nice action sequences.

This review of Welcome to the Punch (2013) was written by Gareth D on 09 October 2014.

Welcome to the Punch has generally received mixed reviews.

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