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Escape Artists
The Weinstein Company
Wanda Pictures
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Believe in hope.
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
StbMDB
May 14, 2017 · via TMDB
As far as boxing sport movies goes Southpaw isn't a film to remember, but the whole aspect of a criminal being made a successful man because of his wife/daughter, people in his life the MC deemed to fight for, added that one drama notch to get you all goose bumped. Regardless, as far as boxing goes, these fights weren't doing it for me as a boxing sport fanatic and practitioner myself. They were unrealistic to a certain extend.
John Chard
May 14, 2016 · via TMDB
I can handle the rules, man, I'll handle the rules. Ultimately this is just another one of those sports movies about someone who went off the rails due to tragedy, but came back to make the audience cheer. There is absolutely nothing new here, every cliché is adhered to, every chance to tug the heart strings is prominent, while the finale is as obvious as any one who watches sports movies will expect. But these things don't make it a bad film. It's very well mounted by the makers, expertly performed by the principal actors, and, well, there's often a time when you need a rousing pick-me-up movie. The camera work and choreography is high grade, while director Antoine Fuqua is able to keep a realistic feel to the drama throughout. It is what it is, a very well made boxing movie, it's just not champion in story, just merely a contender. 7/10
Andres Gomez
Jan 22, 2016 · via TMDB
Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker and, specially, Jake Gyllenhaal show us how good of an actors they are. Also, we discover the great performance by Oona Laurence but that's the(one and only) big strength of the movie; its cast. The story is the one told a thousand times without many new details that would make it any different. The directing is correct but the story is just too well known.
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Billy 'The Great' Hope
Rachel McAdams
Maureen Hope
Forest Whitaker
Titus 'Tick' Wills
Oona Laurence
Leila Hope
50 Cent
Jordan Mains
Skylan Brooks
Hoppy
Naomie Harris
Angela Rivera
Victor Ortiz
Ramone
Beau Knapp
Jon Jon
Miguel Gómez
Miguel 'Magic' Escobar
Dominic Colón
Mikey
Malcolm M. Mays
Gabe
Lana Young
Gloria
Patsy Meck
Judge Kayle
Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Charles Hoyes
Stuart Korman
Clare Foley
Alice
Rita Ora
Maria Escobar
Adam Kroloff
Simon Stillman
Joe Fishel
Gala Attendee
Michelle Johnston
Mrs. Doyle
Amy Lyn Elliott
Reporter (uncredited)
Danielle Brickman
Gala Attendee - Madison Square Garden Street scene (uncredited)
Phil Nardozzi
Gala Attendee/Driver (uncredited)
John W. Iwanonkiw
NYPD Officer Zerco (uncredited)
Rod Fielder
Charity Boxing Guest (uncredited)
Carl Clemons
Kash's Posse (uncredited)
Mauro Fiore
Director of Photography
James Horner
In Memory Of
John Cenatiempo
Stunt Coordinator
Antoine Fuqua
Director
Jamie Marshall
First Assistant Director
John Refoua
Editor
Mary Vernieu
Casting
Kat Samick
Co-Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Kurt Sutter
Executive Producer
Paul Rosenberg
Executive Producer
Antoine Fuqua
Producer
Jason Blumenthal
Producer
Jerry Ye
Producer
Steve Tisch
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Eminem
Songs
Kurt Sutter
Writer
Jul 24, 2015
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