Southpaw (2015)
Story line Southpaw (2015) :
Billy “The Great” Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city’s toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
Believe in Hope.
Movie details Southpaw
Runtime : 123
Release : 2015-06-15
Company : Escape Artists, Riche-Ludwig Productions
Genre : Action, Drama
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal | as | Billy Hope | |
Rachel McAdams | as | Maureen Hope | |
Forest Whitaker | as | Titus ‘Tick’ Wills | |
Oona Laurence | as | Leila Hope | |
50 Cent | as | Jordan Mains | |
Skylan Brooks | as | Hoppy | |
Naomie Harris | as | Angela Rivera | |
Victor Ortiz | as | Ramone | |
Beau Knapp | as | Jon Jon | |
Miguel Gomez | as | Miguel ‘Magic’ Escobar | |
Dominic Colón | as | Mikey | |
Jose Caraballo | as | Eli Frost | |
Malcolm M. Mays | as | Gabe | |
Aaron Quattrocchi | as | Keith ‘Buzzsaw’ Brady | |
Lana Young | as | Gloria | |
Danny Henriquez | as | Hector Escobar | |
Patsy Meck | as | Judge Kayle | |
Vito Grassi | as | Nick | |
Tony Weeks | as | Referee | |
Jimmy Lennon Jr. | as | Jimmy Lennon Jr. | |
Charles Hoyes | as | Stuart Korman | |
Clare Foley | as | Alice | |
Rita Ora | as | Maria Escobar |
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Some Reviews
Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker and, specially, Jake Gyllenhaal show us how good of an actors they are. Also, we discover the great performance by Oona Laurence but that’s the(one and only) big strength of the movie; its cast.
The story is the one told a thousand times without many new details that would make it any different. The directing is correct but the story is just too well known.
I can handle the rules, man, I’ll handle the rules.
Ultimately this is just another one of those sports movies about someone who went off the rails due to tragedy, but came back to make the audience cheer. There is absolutely nothing new here, every cliché is adhered to, every chance to tug the heart strings is prominent, while the finale is as obvious as any one who watches sports movies will expect. But these things don’t make it a bad film.
It’s very well mounted by the makers, expertly performed by the principal actors, and, well, there’s often a time when you need a rousing pick-me-up movie. The camera work and choreography is high grade, while director Antoine Fuqua is able to keep a realistic feel to the drama throughout. It is what it is, a very well made boxing movie, it’s just not champion in story, just merely a contender. 7/10
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