ActionDrama

Southpaw

- Believe in Hope.

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.

Release Date : 2015-03-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fuqua FilmsEscape ArtistsRiche-Ludwig ProductionsWanda Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Billy 'The Great' Hope

Original Name : Jake Gyllenhaal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maureen Hope

Original Name : Rachel McAdams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Titus 'Tick' Wills

Original Name : Forest Whitaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leila Hope

Original Name : Oona Laurence

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jordan Mains

Original Name : 50 Cent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hoppy

Original Name : Skylan Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angela Rivera

Original Name : Naomie Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ramone

Original Name : Victor Ortiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jon Jon

Original Name : Beau Knapp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miguel 'Magic' Escobar

Original Name : Miguel Gómez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mikey

Original Name : Dominic Colón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eli Frost

Original Name : Jose Caraballo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gabe

Original Name : Malcolm M. Mays

Gender : Male

Character Name : Keith 'Buzzsaw' Brady

Original Name : Aaron Quattrocchi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria

Original Name : Lana Young

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hector Escobar

Original Name : Danny Henriquez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Kayle

Original Name : Patsy Meck

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nick

Original Name : Vito Grassi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Referee

Original Name : Tony Weeks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy Lennon Jr.

Original Name : Jimmy Lennon Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stuart Korman

Original Name : Charles Hoyes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice

Original Name : Clare Foley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maria Escobar

Original Name : Rita Ora

Gender : Female

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Jim Lampley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Simon Stillman

Original Name : Adam Kroloff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gala Attendee

Original Name : Joe Fishel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Doyle

Original Name : Michelle Johnston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Book Vendor (uncredited)

Original Name : Jackson Nunn

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

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.

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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

StbMDB

@StbMDB

2021-06-23

As far as boxing sport movies goes Southpaw isn't a film to remember, but the whole aspect of a criminal being made a successful man because of his wife/daughter, people in his life the MC deemed to fight for, added that one drama notch to get you all goose bumped. Regardless, as far as boxing goes, these fights weren't doing it for me as a boxing sport fanatic and practitioner myself. They were unrealistic to a certain extend.