Please make 50 Cent go away.

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2016)

Southpaw
Seriously, Jake Gyllenhaal can save any movie he is in. After seeing this movie, which shouldn't even be as good of a film as it is, I can tell you without a doubt that Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the greatest actor of our generation. Without Gyllenhaal powerhouse of a performance, this movie wouldn't even be good enough to have been a straight to video release. If any top dogs in the film industry happen to be reading this review, please stop casting 50 Cent in any of your movie. He simply can not act, I'm sorry. Even when he is more or less playing himself in a movie, he is unconvincing and his performance just takes you out of the movie. Forest Whitaker is an outstanding actor but he just gave an average performance. Let's not kid ourselves, this is more or less a generic boxing film, but Gyllenhaal makes it worth watching.