Terrible movie (from an ex-boxer)

Rating: 2/10 (4 August 2015)

To start with, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie. It was unbelievably contrived and predictable. Jake Gyllenhaal did an okay job but was totally unbelievable as a boxer. Really, 43 fights and no cauliflower ears? There were far too many stupid moment in the movie, such as his wife getting shot. Nobody could find the killer, like there isn't CCTV cameras in luxury hotels or anything. Ridiculous premise!
Also, his character was completely unsympathetic. I have suffered more than my fair share of grief and anyone who neglects their own child like that because they are selfish and caught up in their own grief is a piece of crap. All he cared about were his own feeling and what was happening with him, when you have a child that you are responsible for, you cannot behave like this. It should be the first thing you leave behind when you have a child. Disgusting parenting. Not to mention the fast that he shouldn't have got caught up in that petty fight that led to his wife getting killed in the first place. She pleaded with him to walk on, but again he only thought about himself.
And now on to the actual boxing. Dear God, it was boring and awkward to watch. As an ex Muay Thai boxer, the fight scenes were ridiculous. Usually, in boxing movies, I get totally excited and caught up in the fights due to my background, but this was just boring and so obviously fake to me. They were basically slapping each other, there was no impact or power when they hit one another, it was laughable! I know it's acting but I've seen great boxing movies where the fights were realistic. I cannot believe all of the positive review surrounding this movie, which prompted me to go in the first place, so disappointed!