Movie
Southpaw
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-07-22
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fuqua Films, Escape Artists, Wanda Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Riche Productions
- Country
- United States of America, China
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy 'The Great' 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 Gómez as Miguel 'Magic' Escobar
- Dominic Colón as Mikey
- Jose Caraballo as Eli Frost
Crew
- Antoine Fuqua - Director
- Kurt Sutter - Writer
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