The Vidiot Reviews...

Rating: 6/10 (19 October 2015)

Southpaw
The reason left-handed people live shorter lives than right-handed people is mainly due to stick shifts.
However, manual transmission is not even close to the cause of death in this drama.
After the accidental shooting of his wife (Rachel McAdams) at the hands of a rival boxer's (Miguel Gomez) posse, World Light Heavyweight champ Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) goes into a tailspin that ultimately costs him custody of his daughter (Oona Laurence).
To get her back from The State, Billy recruits a weathered trainer (Forest Whitaker) to whip him into shape for an upcoming bout with the pugilist responsible for obliterating his world.
While Gyllenhaal draws you in with his knockout performance as the struggling single dad, the training montages, specialty punch, and cantankerous coach cause this comeuppance tale to become nothing more than a formulaic boxing movie.
Besides, I thought we vaccinated children from getting left-handedness years ago.
Yellow Light
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