Southpaw

Mar 24, 2015

2h 3m

★ 7.4

Believe in hope.

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Fuqua Films

Escape Artists

Riche-Ludwig Productions

Wanda Pictures

Southpaw Trailers

Cast

Billy 'The Great' Hope

Jake Gyllenhaal

Maureen Hope

Rachel McAdams

Titus 'Tick' Wills

Forest Whitaker

Leila Hope

Oona Laurence

Jordan Mains

50 Cent

Hoppy

Skylan Brooks

Angela Rivera

Naomie Harris

Ramone

Victor Ortiz

Jon Jon

Beau Knapp

Miguel 'Magic' Escobar

Miguel Gómez

Mikey

Dominic Colón

Eli Frost

Jose Caraballo

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