Southpaw packs the perfect punches & hits hard.

Rating: 8/10 (31 August 2015)

Ace fighter Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), his wife Maureen (Rachel McAdams) and daughter Leila (Oona Laurence) living happily until the day Maureen get shot. Devastated, Billy loses everything, the custody of her daughter and wealth. He has to work hard, get a grip on the sanity and his life.
Antoine Fuqua comes with new age Rocky or The Raging Bull as he teams up with Jake Gyllenhaal and delivers masterstroke. The characters have been written wonderfully, they show every nuance with perfection. The screenplay never loses its focus; it plays the right chords of your heartstrings.
Jake has been splendid in his last movies (Prisoner, Enemy and Nightcrawler), a method actor of new generation who goes into the skin of the character and makes it so believable that it will linger in your heart.
Rachel is very convincing in a short screen time, Oona screen presence is endearing, and she has done a wonderful acting which is commendable for a child of her age.
Forest Whitaker is believable as a distraught trainer and he does it with ease and flawlessly.
The fight scenes are perfectly choreographed, the camera-work is impeccable, and the soundtrack completes the fight scenes.
An ensemble of good script, immaculate acting with some heart touching moment
A triumph