Boxing movies at their finest.

Rating: 9/10 (30 July 2015)

Southpaw is a great film about Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) a boxer who lost his wife and it affected his in ring performance costing him dearly.
This film is amazing from the directing to the soundtrack. I believe that Forest Whitaker gave an incredible performance and Gyllenhaal was perfect, maybe the best of his career, I wouldn't be shocked if Gyllenhaal earned his second Academy Award nomination with this performance. What was really interesting was how director Antoine Fuqua managed to make this film not only emotional and tugging on the audience's heartstrings but was jam- packed with action. The thing I enjoyed the most about this film was how aggressive it was, reinforcing the aggression involved in preparing for a boxing match. This is emphasised with Billy Hope having anger issues and Gyllenhaal excellently portrayed the struggles with being short tempered in today's society.
Despite this in my opinion the film unsuccessfully showed me how Billy Hope was raised in the 'ghetto'. He wasn't very fortunate in his upbringing but it didn't make me sympathise with him even more than I did.
Fantastic film and I would recommend it to everyone old enough to enjoy it.
Grade - A+