Boxing champion Billy Hope has fame and fortune, until tragedy creeps into his life. Hope’s life takes a drastic turn as he loses the love of his life, his precious daughter, and his career. He picks himself up from rock bottom by enlisting the help of a new trainer to reenter the ring. ‘Southpaw’ hit theaters on Friday, July 24.
‘Southpaw’ stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope, Forest Whitaker as Titus "Tick" Wills, Rachel McAdams as Maureen Hope, Naomie Harris as Angela Rivera, Victor Ortiz as Ramone, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Jordan Mains, Tyrese Gibson, Miguel Gomez as Miguel "Magic" Cantu, Oona Laurence as Leila Hope, Beau Knapp as Jon Jon, Rita Ora as Maria Escobar, and Clare Foley as Alice.
The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua. It was produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Peter Riche, Alan Riche, Antoine Fuqua, and Jerry Ye. ‘Southpaw’ was written by Kurt Sutter. The $30 million budget film features music by James Horner. Cinematography is by Mauro Fiore. It was edited by John Refoua. The production companies behind the film are WanDa Pictures, Riche Productions, Escape Artists, and Fuqua Films. The film was distributed by The Weinstein Company. The film runs for 2 hours and 3 minutes.
Rachel McAdams signing autographs at Toronto International Film Festival in 2007.
Movie Reviews:
“You don’t watch the brutal Jake Gyllenhaal boxing melodrama Southpaw, you go 12 rounds with it,” wrote David Edelstein from New York Magazine/Vulture.
"If we move to the technical level, “Southpaw” is a tremendous accomplishment of mainstream cinematic craft, a near-perfect match of director, material and star," wrote Andrew O’Hehir from Salon.com.
"You get the sense that the ring is a place where he finds peace through oblivion," wrote Chris Nashawaty from Entertainment Weekly.
"Gyllenhaal goes deep with his performance, with a touch of Brando-esque mumbling in his line deliveries, and some bursts of rage that would make Sean Penn blush," wrote Richard Roeper from Chicago Sun-Times.
"Southpaw” is equal parts brutal and touching, an effective, classic-form sports-as-redemption movie elevated by Jake Gyllenhaal’s all-in performance," wrote Tom Long from Detroit News.
"Every time you think this guy has reached bottom, the movie plunges him through yet another floor," wrote Wesley Morris from Grantland.
"The whole movie is full of such wild swings, and in the end "Southpaw" knocks itself to the mat," wrote Rafer Guzman from Newsday.
