Catch the Fair One

"The predators are her prey."

2022 1h 25m EN

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6.4

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93%

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6.3

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★6.4TMDB · 101🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes●71Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 2,745

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A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.

“The predators are her prey.”

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Cast

Kali Reis
Kaylee
Mainaku Borrero
Weeta
Daniel Henshall
Bobby
Michael Drayer
Danny
Kevin Dunn
Willie
Lisa Emery
Debra
Kimberly Guerrero
Jaya
Jonathan Kowalsky
Stan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Writers: Josef Kubota Wladyka, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Kali Reis
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, shot by Ross Giardina. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathan Halpern. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ben Rodriguez Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kali Reis and Mainaku Borrero and Daniel Henshall carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The predators are her prey.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11304504 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Josef Kubota Wladyka directs. Ross Giardina behind the camera. Nathan Halpern scores. Ben Rodriguez Jr. cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, shot by Ross Giardina. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Nathan Halpern. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ben Rodriguez Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kali Reis and Mainaku Borrero and Daniel Henshall carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The predators are her prey.".
8IMDB entry: tt11304504 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ross Giardina
Original score: Nathan Halpern
Editing: Ben Rodriguez Jr.
Production design: Alan Lampert
Costume design: Stacy Jansen
Makeup / hair: Kai Stamps
VFX supervisor: Lucien Harriot
Sound: David Forshee
Stunt coordinator: Chazz Menendez
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $33,674
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Catch the Fair One (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 71/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 2,745 votes

Awards

3 wins & 6 nominations total

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tmdb280390232022-08-28
★ 5/10
Doing some research, I find that women’s boxing rounds last just two minutes; that is, they are one minute shorter than in men’s boxing. That’s exactly how Catch the Fair One feels – like something’s missing. The ending is particularly frustrating, not because of how it plays out, but rather because it comes too soon – like a prize fight that concludes earlier than expected because one of the boxers has a glass jaw and gets, using Chris Tucker’s words from Friday, KTFO; the difference here is that it is the film, co-written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, that KOs itself. Without revealing the specifics, let’s just say that there is nothing inherently wrong with an climax wherein pretty much everybody bites the dust; in fact, the greatest tragedies – i.e., Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet – end up with high body counts. However, even in death, we are left with the impression that the characters achieve something; Romeo and Juliet, for instance, manage to reconcile Capulets with Montagues, no less. In contrast, CtFO leaves us hanging – wondering, ‘is this it?’. I’m not saying the movie should have a happy ending, because that’s probably the only way to make matters worse; on the other hand, even a happy ending would be an ending. To continue employing boxing terms, what happens here is more akin to a referee stoppage than any sort of cathartic resolution. By way of comparison, Rocky actually loses to Apollo Creed at the end of the original Rocky, and he still manages to come out triumphant. In that sense, I’m thinking CtFO would have benefitted from an ending along the lines of that of Promising Young Woman – in which the heroine’s sacrifice actually means something. All things considered, the reason to watch CtFO is Kali Reis’s performance as Kaylee ‘K.O.’ Uppeshau, a woman so tough she sleeps with a razorblade in her mouth. Reis is a real-life boxer who gets a ‘story-by’ credit in CtFO, thus singlehandedly doing more to subvert the ‘dumb jock’ stereotype than most sports movies – or, for that matter, than most athletes (Kyrie Irving, the NBA player/flat-earther, or Aaron Rodgers, the vaccine-averse NFL quarterback come immediately to mind, but the examples are Legion). And for what it’s worth, this is a much better (that is to say, it’s a lot shorter) film about a female boxer than, say, Million Dollar Baby – the advantage of a rushed ending is that the movie at least doesn’t take more than two and half hours to eventually go nowhere, even if nowhere is where we wind up regardless.
badelf2025-02-01
★ 8/10
Catch the Fair One: A Searing Indictment Wrapped in a Thriller In her remarkable acting debut, professional boxer Kali Reis delivers a performance so raw and naturalistic, we don't even think she's acting. As Kaylee, a boxer searching for her trafficked sister, Reis brings a visceral authenticity that transforms "Catch the Fair One" from a genre thriller into a profound human statement. The film's power lies in its unflinching gaze. What could have been a standard revenge narrative becomes a nuanced exploration of systemic violence against Indigenous women. Reis embodies a survivor's resilience - not as Hollywood heroism, but as quiet, determined survival. Behind her performance lurks a devastating global context: the United Nations estimates 50 million people currently live in modern slavery. "Catch the Fair One" isn't just a film. It's a spotlight on a human rights catastrophe that continues to render millions invisible. Josef Kubota Wladyka's direction ensures the film never feels like a lecture. Instead, it's a taut, uncompromising thriller that happens to reveal uncomfortable truths about discrimination, trafficking, and the ongoing marginalization of Indigenous communities. A film that entertains, enrages, and demands we pay attention.