20152h 3mDir. Antoine Fuqua

Southpaw

Name: Southpaw
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2015-07-22
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence, 50 Cent

“Believe in hope.”

ActionDrama

4.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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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.

Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal,Rachel McAdams,Forest Whitaker,Oona Laurence,50 Cent

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Jake Gyllenhaal

Billy 'The Great' Hope

Rachel McAdams

Maureen Hope

Forest Whitaker

Titus 'Tick' Wills

Oona Laurence

Leila Hope

50 Cent

Jordan Mains

Skylan Brooks

Hoppy

Naomie Harris

Angela Rivera

Victor Ortiz

Ramone

Beau Knapp

Jon Jon

Miguel Gómez

Miguel 'Magic' Escobar

Dominic Colón

Mikey

Jose Caraballo

Eli Frost

Key Production Crew

Director

Antoine Fuqua

Screenplay & Writers

Kurt Sutter

Cinematography

Mauro Fiore

Original Score

James Horner

Producers

Jason Blumenthal, Antoine Fuqua, Steve Tisch

Film Details

Budget$30,000,000

Box Office Revenue$91,709,827

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Fuqua FilmsEscape ArtistsWanda PicturesThe Weinstein CompanyRiche Productions

Keywords & Themes

#sports#fighter#boxer#tragedy#boxing trainer#professional sports#arrogance#boxing#married man#young daughter

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

The acting is unbelievably good. Pure excellence. Probably the best performance I've ever seen from Jake G. Not just another boxing movie, but a true inspirational story of achievement, loss, and redemption.

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