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   On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 10:04:20 PM UTC-4, moviePig wrote:   
   > On 3/20/2021 8:56 PM, super70s wrote:   
   > > I was not a big fan of director Antoine Fuqua's 2004 treatment of the   
   > > fabled King Arthur (seemed like one long gory battle scene after   
   > > another) but he came up with a winner 11 years later with Southpaw, a   
   > > boxing yarn unlike most boxing yarns in that our hero starts out at the   
   > > top of his game with wealth and fame, suffers an unbearable personal   
   > > loss that sends his career spiraling downward, and redeems himself with   
   > > the help of the manager of a neighborhood training gym (Forest   
   > > Whitaker). The fight scenes are well done and realistic (something most   
   > > modern boxing films strive for but don't always achieve). Jake   
   > > Gyllenhaal shines in the lead with supporting roles by Rachel McAdams as   
   > > his loyal wife and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as his not always loyal   
   > > promoter in this well written (Kurt Sutter) movie.   
   >   
   > Looks plausible. Will check out...   
      
   I found it really hokey. Not "plausible" at all.   
      
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