Eric Jacobus Breaks The Cycle In The New Shortfilm, ROPE-A-DOPE!
Back online with a new comedic martial arts action short is independent action star Eric Jacobus with Rope-A-Dope. Implying a narrative “groundhog day” spin on a classic boxing style coined in 1974 in accordance with Muhammad Ali’s “Rumble In The Jungle” match with George Foreman, this latest bout takes place in the California suburbs with writer, editor and director Jacobus playing the lead.
Meet the Dope, who takes a beating by a local gang of martial art thugs, only to awaken the same day after being knocked out. Every day he finds himself in the same fight, awakening the same day, and forced to fight every day. When the Dope takes his fate into his own hands, things begin to turn around.
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