{{Short description|2025 British drama film}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Salvable | image = Salvable.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = {{Plainlist| * Björn Franklin * Johnny Marchetta }} | producer = {{Plainlist| * Jamie Gamache * Connor O'Hara * Julien Loeffler * James Kermack }} | screenplay = Björn Franklin | starring = {{Plainlist| * Toby Kebbell * Shia LaBeouf * Kíla Lord Cassidy * Michael Socha * James Cosmo }} | music = David Keenan | cinematography = Simon Plunket | editing = Shahnaz Dulaimy | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * Lowkey Films * Featuristic Films }} | distributor = Vertical | released = {{Film date|2025|5|2|United States|2025|7|14|United Kingdom|df=y}} | runtime = 101 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 July 2025 |title=''Salvable'' (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/salvable-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdmwnjk4 |access-date=21 July 2025 |website=British Board of Film Classification |language=en}}</ref> | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }} '''''Salvable''''' is a 2025 British boxing crime drama film directed by Björn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta, written by the former, and starring Toby Kebbell, Shia LaBeouf, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Michael Socha and James Cosmo. It was released theatrically on 2 May 2025 in the US.<ref name="billington" />
==Plot== Sal, an aging prize fighter struggles to escape the grasp of a small town while battling a fractured relationship with his teenage daughter, when Vince, a nefarious criminal from his past comes back into this life and Sal risks falling back in with a dangerous crowd.
==Cast== {{castlist| * Toby Kebbell as Sal<ref name="scheck" /> * Shia LaBeouf as Vince<ref name="scheck" /> * Kíla Lord Cassidy as Molly<ref name="scheck" /> * James Cosmo as Welly<ref name="scheck" /> * Michael Socha as Little Michael<ref name=deadline>{{cite news |work=Deadline Hollywood |title=''Salvable'': First Look At Toby Kebbell & Shia LaBeouf In Boxing Crime-Drama; Sales Continuing In Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/shia-labeouf-toby-kebbell-salvable-first-image-boxing-carl-froch-1235909847/ |date=9 May 2024 |access-date=1 May 2025 |author-first=Andreas |author-last=Wiseman}}</ref> * Elaine Cassidy as Elaine<ref name=bluray>{{cite web |author-last=Orndorf |author-first=Brian |date=29 April 2025 |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=Blu-ray.com |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/Salvable/1968055/#Review |title=''Salvable'' (2025) Review}}</ref> * Barry Ward as Paddy<ref name="deadline" /> * Nell Hudson as Becky<ref name="deadline" /> * Charlie Williams as Ryan McShane<ref name=bluecollar>{{cite news |url= https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/birmingham-actor-says-one-group-31353885?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target |url-access=limited |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |access-date=30 April 2025 |date=4 April 2025 |last=McCallister |first=Robson |title=Birmingham actor says 'one group of people are being shut out of film and TV' |quote=A retired boxer himself, Charlie plays bare-knuckle fighter McShane, starring alongside Shia LaBeouf and Toby Kebbell. |issn=0963-7923 |editor-link=Graeme Brown (journalist) |editor-last=Brown |editor-first=Graeme}}</ref> * Jermaine Liburd as Oliver<ref name="blevins" /> * Carl Froch as Himself<ref name="blevins" /> }}
==Production== The film is the debut feature of directing duo Franklin & Marchetta (Björn Franklin & Johnny Marchetta). Producers are Jamie Gamache and Connor O'Hara for Lowkey Films, and Julien Loeffler and James Kermack for Featuristic Films. Casting was completed by Aisling Knight at CBA Casting.<ref name="deadline" />
Former world champion boxer Carl Froch acted as boxing trainer for Toby Kebbell and Shia LaBeouf for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://rtfight.com/news/froch-to-train-actors-for-new-boxing-film-salvable|website=rtfight.com|access-date=12 May 2024|title= Froch to Train Actors for New Boxing Film "Salvable"|date=20 February 2024}}</ref> The cast also includes James Cosmo, Kila Lord Cassidy, Elaine Cassidy, Michael Socha, Nell Hudson, Barry Ward and Jermaine Liburd. Froch also appears in the film in a cameo role.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://deadline.com/2024/02/shia-labeouf-boxing-movie-toby-kebbell-carl-froch-james-cosmo-salvable-efm-1235820111/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=12 May 2024|title= Boxing Champ Carl Froch To Train Toby Kebbell & Shia LaBeouf For Crime-Drama 'Salvable', James Cosmo Also Stars — EFM|first=Andreas |last=Wiseman|date=February 9, 2024 }}</ref><ref name=blevins>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/shia-labeouf-salvable-movie-image/ |website=Collider |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Shia LaBeouf Is a Determined Street Boxer in New ''Salvable'' Image |author-first=Adam |author-last=Blevins |date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
Principal photography took place in Wales in April 2024.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=12 May 2024 |date=3 April 2024 |first=Nia |last=Daniels |title=Shia LaBeouf to shoot crime drama in Wales |url=https://theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/shia-labeouf-to-shoot-crime-drama-in-wales |website=Theknowledgeonline}}</ref> Filming locations included Barry, Wales,<ref>{{cite web|first=Harry|last=Jamshidian|url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/24312176.shia-labeouf-film-crew-barry-filming-salvable/|title= Shia LaBeouf and film crew in Barry filming 'Salvable'|date=10 May 2024|access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref> where several cast and crew members met residents and were given complimentary tattoos, including actor Socha.<ref name=tattoos>{{Cite news |title=Shia LaBeouf drama crew mark Barry filming with tattoos |last=Buckland |first=Charlie |date=2025-05-12 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wd6q0n1xdo |access-date=2025-05-31 |work=BBC News Online |quote=Actor Michael Socha was one of many cast and crew members who took up the offer of a free tattoo from a local parlour.}}</ref>
== Music ==
The score for ''Salvable'' was written by composer David Keenan. David collaborated with composer Paul Gerard Campbell on the composition, arrangement, and production of the score.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9785891--salvable |title=Salvable |website=Presto Music |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref> The songs featured in the score were produced and recorded by Pete Baldwin at Black Mountain Studios. The score and soundtrack were mixed by Marc Carolan at Black Shore Studio.
The soundtrack, featuring a selection of songs and cues from the score, was released by Silva Screen Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.silvascreen.com/siled1822-salvable/ |title=SILED1822 Salvable |website=Silva Screen Records |date=11 July 2025 |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref>
==Release== In February 2025, Grindstone Entertainment Group acquired the North American distribution rights to the film, while Vertical will oversee both the U.K. and Irish distribution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boxing crime drama 'Salvable' squares up for UK-Ireland|website=Screen Daily|first=Mona|last=Tabbara|date=13 February 2025|access-date=14 February 2025|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/boxing-crime-drama-salvable-squares-up-for-uk-ireland-exclusive/5201839.article}}</ref> It was released theatrically on 2 May 2025.<ref name="billington">{{cite web|title=Shia LaBeouf & Toby Kebbell in Boxing Drama 'Salvable' Official Trailer|website=First Showing|first=Alex|last=Billington|date=26 March 2025|access-date=5 April 2025|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2025/shia-labeouf-toby-kebbell-in-boxing-drama-salvable-official-trailer/}}</ref> The film was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 14 July.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoad |first=Phil |date=8 July 2025 |title=Salvable review – Shia LaBeouf unexpectedly on hand for gritty British boxing drama with melancholy feel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/08/salvable-review-toby-kebbell-shia-labeouf |access-date=3 April 2026 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|1=50|3=20|ref=yes|access-date=10 July 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|1=54|2=6|ref=yes|access-date=10 July 2025}}
Frank Scheck for ''The Hollywood Reporter'' remarked that the film might not break new ground but praised the "subtle" and "incisive" script as well as the photography. He commented that LaBeouf delivers a "quietly commanding performance", but reserved special praise for Kebbell who "makes us care deeply about his troubled character, a man who keeps getting in his own way" without "succumbing to the sort of histrionics to which a lesser actor might have resorted".<ref name=scheck>{{cite_magazine |author-first=Frank |author-last=Scheck |oclc=44653726 |issn=0018-3660 |editor-link=Nekesa Mumbi Moody |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/salvable-review-toby-kebbell-shia-labeouf-boxing-drama-1236202242/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=28 April 2025 |access-date=29 April 2025 |title=''Salvable'' Review: Toby Kebbell and Shia LaBeouf in a Boxing Drama That Transcends Its Familiarity |editor-first=Nekesa Mumbi |editor-last=Moody |author-link=Frank Scheck}}</ref>
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Category:Films shot in Wales Category:American boxing films Category:American crime drama films Category:Films about dysfunctional families