From acclaimed director
Antoine Fuqua
(TRAINING DAY), SOUTHPAW tells the
riveting story of Billy “The Great” Hope
(Jake Gyllenhaal)
, reigning
Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World. Billy Hope seemingly
has it all with an impressive career, a loving wife
(Rachel McAdams),
an
adorable daughter (Oona Laurence) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy
strikes and his lifelong manager and friend
(Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson)
leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior
at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis
(Forest Whitaker),
a retired
fighter and trainer to the city’s toughest amateur boxers. With his
future riding on Tick’s guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest
battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the
trust of those he loves.