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Southpaw review
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Review of Southpaw

Initial Thought: I have been wanting to see this since I saw the trailer. It looked like an intense and powerful movie. So today I saw it at the theater I work at. I was out for an interview that went well. So I decided to go ahead and go check this out.

Characters/Acting: This has a pretty excellent cast. We have Jake Gyllenhaal who always gives excellent performances. I think this one is for sure one of my favorites. Rachel McAdams is flawless here. In the amount of screen time she has she really makes her presence remembered. Forest Whitaker was great. I really liked his character here after awhile. Even the kids were amazing. Oona Laurence was just incredible. Most of the times I teared up were because of her. 50 Cent was good too, but I hated his character here. I thought all the characters here were just really well portrayed even people with smaller roles were enjoyable.

Story: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services. This was brutal, gritty, intense, and heart-wrenching. I knew this was going to have some drama, but I didn't imagine how much exactly. I actually teared up a couple times throughout especially at the end. There are just so many moments that play with your heartstrings. I loved the soundtrack here. It really gets you pumped up. A lot of things happen throughout that I didn't expect to happen. The fights are all so realistically brutal and they actually looked like something you would catch on an HBO fight. The ending was just so wonderfully performed.

Directing/Writing: I haven't seen anything before from Kurt Sutter, but if this is something to go by I should check out more of his stuff. That includes Sons of Anarchy. Almost anything Antoine Fuqua makes is amazing. The only one he missed majorly with from what I've seen was King Arthur. He really proved himself again here. This is honestly the best film he has made since Training Day. With that said I'm looking forward to a few Oscar nominations from this hopefully. Even if it's a summer release.

Final Thought: This was truly phenomenal. I can't say that there was anything bad to say about this. I hope I see this on the nominations for the next Academy Awards ceremony. It's such a powerful and exciting film. If you haven't seen this yet I highly suggest doing so as soon as possible. It's worth every penny and every second.
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Added by BAMF
8 years ago on 28 July 2015 06:34