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May 15, 2024 · While Road House captivates with its intense action sequences and diverse ensemble cast, Southpaw mesmerizes with its emotional depth and powerful storytelling, each film standing out in its own right within the genre of movies featuring intense fight scenes.
Jul 24, 2015 · “Southpaw” opens with an atypically difficult fight for the champ, one that goes into the late rounds and leaves him battered and bloodied. His wife, Maureen ( Rachel McAdams ), encourages him to take a break.
Jul 23, 2015 · Played with downcast eyes and rock-hard abs by Jake Gyllenhaal, Billy is a bleeder and a brawler, an earnest, inarticulate guy with a ferocious punch and not much in the way of grace. In case his...
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- The Fighter (2010) Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg star as sporty siblings in this drama. The story surrounds Micky Ward (Wahlberg), a struggling boxer, who teams up with his older, more successful half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale), who’s a recovering drug addict, to get his career back on track and reunite their fractured family.
- Creed (2015) This boxing drama film is an excellent one to watch after Southpaw because it’s just as emotional and powerful. The story follows Adonis Johnson, the son of heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who embraces his legacy as a boxer and seeks mentorship from Rocky Balboa, his father’s old friend and rival.
- Rocky (1976) Probably the most famous boxing film of all time; it would be stupid not to have it on this list. W ritten by and starring Sylvester Stallone, he plays a small-time boxer who gets a chance to fight the world heavyweight champion, and he blindly jumps into the ring in a bid to earn respect and glory.
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) A film for those wanting a strong female protagonist and a hard-hitting, intense storyline. Audiences follow Frankie, an old, angry coach who reluctantly agrees to train female boxer Maggie.
Jun 16, 2015 · The Weinstein Co./Screenshot. A taut boxing yarn about a champ who loses it all and has to fight his way back to keep custody of his daughter, Southpaw sticks to tried-and-tested genre rules, yet...
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Jul 24, 2015 · Southpaw stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope, a fighter who went from being a troubled New York orphan to the undefeated World Light Heavyweight boxing champion, happily married to his childhood sweetheart, Maureen (Rachel McAdams), and living the dream life.
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Jul 23, 2015 · Jake Gyllenhaal outs his dukes up and steps into the ring in director Antoine Fuqua's sentimental sweet-science melodrama 'Southpaw.'