We can’t get enough of a good sports biopic, especially when it’s an uplifting story with edge-of-the-seat thrills and spills, cheering the knockouts and the big hits, and urging our hero to get back on their feet. There’s a reason they work every time, and that’s exactly why Giant, the upcoming movie from executive-producer Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Creed) and acclaimed filmmaker Rowan Athale (Gangs of London), needs to be the next movie you seek out. As for the giant in question? That’s Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed, a man who, like the WWF stars of the late 1990s, came to personify and was a pioneer of “sports entertainment.”
Collider is thrilled to bring our readers a sneak peek at Giant, and it’s a brilliant blast of sporting achievement. It shows Naz in his 1994 bout with Vincenzo Belcastro, where Naz announced himself as a major player to watch. Hamed was only in his 12th professional fight, but he won over 12 rounds and became the European champion. This fight was brutal and has to be seen to be believed. The official synopsis for Giant reads as follows:
“With his unorthodox style, cocky persona and sheer dominance of the sport, Naseem faced down the abhorrent racism and islamophobia that swept Britain in the 80’s and 90’s, to become a global sporting icon, both inside and outside of the ring. The film explores the unlikely and tender relationship between Naz and his trainer Ingle – a steel industry worker who ran a humble boxing gym in a church hall in the North of England; and the instrumental role Ingle played in Naz’s road to success.”
Collider Exclusive · Star Wars Quiz Which Force User Are You? Light Side · Dark Side · Or Somewhere Between
The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The Force has always known. Now you will too.
🔵Jedi Master
🟡Padawan
🔴Sith Lord
⚫Inquisitor
⚪Grey Jedi
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What is the Force to you? Your relationship with the Force defines everything else.
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When you feel strong emotions — anger, grief, love — what do you do? The Jedi suppress. The Sith feed. Others choose differently.
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The Jedi Council gives you an order you disagree with. You: How you handle authority reveals your alignment.
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You are offered forbidden knowledge that could give you enormous power. The cost is crossing a moral line. You: The dark side’s pull is never more than a choice away.
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Your approach to training and learning is: A student’s habits become a master’s character.
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In a duel, your lightsaber fighting style reflects: Combat is the purest expression of a Force user’s philosophy.
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A defeated enemy lies at your feet, powerless. You: Mercy — or its absence — is the truest test of alignment.
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The Jedi Code forbids attachment. Your honest view on love and bonds: The source of the greatest falls in the galaxy.
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Why do you use the Force at all? What’s the point? Purpose is the difference between a knight and a weapon.
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At the final moment — light side or dark side pulling at you — what wins? In the end, every Force user faces this moment. What does yours look like?
Your Alignment Has Been Determined Your Place in the Force
The scores below reveal how the Force sees you. Your highest number is your true alignment. Read on to understand what that means — and what it will cost you.
🔵 Jedi Master
🟡 Padawan
🔴 Sith Lord
⚫ Inquisitor
⚪ Grey Jedi
Disciplined, compassionate, and deeply attuned to the living Force, you have walked the path long enough to understand its demands — and accept them. You lead not through authority alone, but through example. You have felt the pull of the dark side and chosen otherwise, every time. That is not certainty. That is courage.
You are earnest, powerful, and brimming with potential — and you know it, which is both your greatest asset and your most dangerous flaw. You act before you think, trust your gut over your training, and sometimes confuse impatience for bravery. The Masters see something in you, though. The question isn’t whether you have what it takes — it’s whether you’ll be patient enough to find out.
You are not simply dangerous — you are certain, and that is worse. You have decided what the galaxy needs, and you have decided you are the one to deliver it. Your power is genuine and formidable, earned through sacrifice that would have broken lesser beings. But examine your victories carefully. Every Sith believed their cause was righteous. The dark side’s cruelest trick is that it agrees with you.
You were forged in fire and reshaped by those who found you at your lowest. You serve, because service gave you structure when you had none. Your allegiance is not to an ideology — it is to survival and to the master who gave you purpose. But there is something buried beneath the conditioning. The Jedi you hunt? You recognize them. Because you remember what it felt like before the choice was taken from you.
You have looked at the Jedi Code and the Sith Code and found both of them incomplete. You walk the line not out of indecision but out of conviction — you genuinely believe both extremes miss something essential. The Jedi don’t fully trust you. The Sith think you’re wasting your potential. They’re both partially right. But so are you.
Who Stars in ‘Giant’?
Giant stars Amir El-Masry (The Night Manager, Limbo) as Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed, Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye, Mamma Mia!) as Brendan Ingle, Toby Stephens (Die Another Day, Black Sails) as Frank Warren, Katherine Dow Blyton (Emmerdale, This Is England) as Alma Ingle, Ali Saleh as Naz Age 8, Ghaith Saleh as Naz Age 15, Arian Nik (The Bay, The Capture), Austin Haynes (The Boys in the Boat, The Railway Children Return), Rocco Haynes (The Irregulars, Dodger), Samir Arrian, Olivia Barrowclough (Ridley, Hollyoaks), Connor Porter, Mehdi Mangoli, and Kelvin Ade.
Giant releases on May 22 in select theatres and on VOD. Check out our look at the Belcastro fight above, and stay tuned to Collider for all the latest updates.
