Welcome to the Punch

Welcome to the Punch follows Max Lewinsky, a London detective whose pursuit of the criminal Jacob Sternwood ended in failure years earlier. Sternwood has been living abroad under a new identity, but when his son is caught up in a robbery that goes wrong, he is forced back to the city. His return gives Lewinsky the opening he has wanted, though the two men soon find themselves facing a wider criminal conspiracy that neither can handle alone.

The film was released in 2013 and runs 99 minutes. It is a British crime action film directed and written by Eran Creevy, marking his second feature after his debut, with Collide following in 2016 and the Harry Potter reunion special in 2022. James McAvoy plays Lewinsky and Mark Strong plays Sternwood, with David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Daniel Mays and Andrea Riseborough in supporting roles. It was produced by Scott Free Productions, Reliance Entertainment, the BFI and Automatik Entertainment on a budget of 9 million USD, and it took 4 million USD at the worldwide box office.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 5.9/10 from 722 votes, while on TMDB it has a film critics' rating of 5.6/10 from 57 reviews, a narrow gap between the two.