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Southpaw [Review]

It is one of the best boxing movies I've ever watched.  While the movie "The Fighter" by Mark Wahlberg was great, there is nothing in comparison to Southpaw. JAKE GYLLENHAAL IS ON A ROLL He has been very good in his previous movies like Nightcrawler, Enemy and Prisoners. Definitely one of those actors that deserve to win some award. Although it hasn't materialize, his continuous impressive role seems to suggest the awards will come some day. Maybe for Southpaw? Well, firstly, it was impressive to see his physics, especially this was a movie done after his Nightcrawler role, where he lost a lot of weight to look very skinny. But in Southpaw, Jake Gyllenhaal has transformed himself into a jacked, ripped beast, gaining 15 pounds of pure muscle. Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope His body showed the amount of effort and time he spent in the gym but Southpaw is more than just a boxing match. The scars, tattoos and slurred voice doesn't even do justice to the e