A boxing promoter tries to drum up interest in his heavyweight champ by creating a white contender in this satire. If you want a boxing movie, there are at least 3 that are worth watching before even giving this one a passing glance. With a list of very impressive movies from a variety of genres, theres sure to be something for everyone. Its a boxing movie that hits most of the stations of the boxing genre the cruelty. After all, hollywood has been making movies about boxers who fight their own. Oct 11, 2015 knock knock movie clip 2015 air boxing plot synopsis. Jul 24, 2015 were far enough into the year to be able to say that southpaw is one of the great films of 2015. Likely to be one of, if not the, most anti boxing boxing movie ever made, mark robsons champion is also one that is weird, grim, and in stark contrast to body and soul somewhat dated. Mar 30, 2017 the 50 best boxing movies of all time. With jake gyllenhaal, rachel mcadams, oona laurence, forest whitaker. Rocky balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward. The challenger is an american sports drama film written and directed by kent moran and executive produced by michael clarke duncan, who also costars in his last feature film released after his death. Returning to boxing class after a traumatic event, sheila has a tough time coping with a classmates farfromselfless efforts to express her concern. For all of its grotesque bloodletting, bombastic trash talk, and overt egotism, boxing is an intimate sport about dignity and selfrespect.
Mar 27, 2015 southpaw official trailer 2015 jake gyllenhaal boxing movie hd a boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. Additionally, the challenger features kent moran, s. If youve seen the trailer, then you have a good idea of where the story goes. Watch edisons old movies of cats boxing before this one. Southpaw official trailer 2015 jake gyllenhaal boxing. In 2015 s creed, sylvester stallones rocky tells his young apprentice that boxing isnt about fighting an opponent. Billy the great hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. The tale of redemption is one as old as time when it comes to seeing someone get beat down and get back up. Creed is a 2015 american sports drama film directed by ryan coogler and written by coogler and aaron covington. These movies and documentaries will give you an appreciation for the sports biggest stars and for the kind of drama, both real and imagined, that they often produce. Struggling bronx mechanic jaden miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother. Even if it is, hes done more than his share to ensure that the boxing drama will continue to be a hollywood tradition. Action movies 2015 full english hollywood movies robots. The italian stallion rocky balboa is finally making a welcome return to the big screen in creed.
The 16 greatest boxing movies ever made, ranked moviefone. Pugilists have been popular camera subjects since the start boxing, at the time, being arguably the most interesting thing you do to another person in public. Likely to be one of, if not the, most antiboxing boxing movie ever made, mark robsons champion is also one that is weird, grim, and. A champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from. Its a spiritual remake of the 1976 film that retells the original. Omung kumar indias greatest boxer mc mary koms biopic couldve been a better story, but priyanka chopras efforts made the boxing matches in the movie. After stacking wins upon wins, pacquiao and floyd decide to fight in the biggest money fight of the century to settle once and for all who is the king of boxing. Sep 11, 2015 2015 sport movies, movie release dates. When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young max emjay anthony is disillusioned and turns his back on christmas. Jul 24, 2015 make no mistakesouthpaw is a very intense filmintense language, intense action, and intense drama. Just play eminem over it could not even get through this movie, even with jake gyllenhaals abs all in the screen. A devoted father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a fatal game of cat and mouse. Dont forget subscribe channel for more new action movies. Filming began in january 2012 in the bronx, new york, and the film was released domestically on september 11, 2015.
Boxing, the poor mans sport, has long given kids from americas roughest neighborhoods an opportunity to escape violence with violence. Boxing and the cinema have been inseparable from the earliest days of movie making. As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert jim corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world. Upandcoming sports reporter rescues a homeless man champ only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. Its not for nothing that ufc presenter and boxing aficionado joe rogan calls daylewis performance the best hes ever seen of an actor playing a boxer. Dec 03, 2015 as youd expect from an installment of the longrunning rocky franchise, creed, ryan cooglers boxing movie, has bloody, wellchoreographed matchups and training sequences set to. Southpaw official trailer 2015 jake gyllenhaal boxing movie. Jul 24, 2015 ever since 1931s the champ became the first boxing and the first sportsbased movie to be nominated for best picture, dozens of nominations have been given out over the years to movies and. The film follows a boxer who sets out to get his life back on track after losing. Published on oct 10, 2015 in his only chance to prove his worth, hope jake gyllenhaal is trained by wills forest whitaker for the title match against magic escobar. Boxing movies nowadays arent that marketable to start with, it is even less marketable with a minority star unless of course it is an established brand like rocky as you see with the movie.
Sport movies 2015 every sport movie coming out in 2015. The film lurches toward this central showdown with slick actioner stylea pure boxing movie, as walter hill said, actually about boxing and not a metaphor. So take a look though our collection of boxing day films, and enjoy some of this years most impressive movie releases. Jordan stars as adonis donnie johnson creed, apollo creeds son, with sylvester stallone reprising the role of rocky balboa. Boxing day never fails to deliver at the cinema, and this year is no exception. The challenger is a boxing drama written, directed, and starring newcomer kent moran that also happens to be the last movie featuring actor michael clarke duncan despite having been filmed in 2012 the year duncan died it wasnt released until september 2015. Full movie in english maximus movies 2015 full movie.
The list of 2015 movies is even more accurate than the imdb database of all 2015 movies. Drago, a sixfootfour, 261pound fighter who has the backing of the soviet union. Although the storyline depicts a particular sequence of a boxer suffering significant losses both literaly and literarily, billy hopes character resembles that of former canadian heavyweight champion george chuvalo and his postboxing life struggles toward coping with several familial tragedies and turmoil. Michael clarke duncan in the challenger 2015 still of kent moran and.
Creed is a 2015 american sports drama film directed by ryan coogler. Both a spinoff and sequel in the rocky film series, michael b. But with success in the ring comes new fights for which. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of krampus. Jakes character is taken to some dark places, both metaphorically and literallymuch of the first half of the movie takes place at night. So why not put up your dukes and get in the ring with 10 other boxing classics thatll knock you out. Drama, thrillerknock knock is a 2015 american thriller. Action movies 2015 full english hollywood movies robots war new best action movies 2015 thanks for your watching. A champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from child protective services as well as revive his professional career, after a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction.
Jan 02, 2015 our 2015 movies page contains the most accurate 2015 movie release dates and information about all movies released in theaters in 2015. Southpaw official trailer 2015 jake gyllenhaal boxing movie hd. The 15 greatest boxing movies of all time screenrant. In one of the most controversial and talked about fights of the postmayweather era in boxing, deontay wilder and tyson fury fought to a dramatic draw in. Published on mar 27, 2015 southpaw official trailer 2015 jake gyllenhaal boxing movie hd a boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. Toward the end of the night, eddie redmayne won for best actor for playing stephen hawking in the theory of everything, and. Top list about the best boxing movies that motivates you to train and work for your dream too. On july 24, twc is set to release southpaw, the first boxing drama of 2015. Full movie in english maximus movies 2015 full movies hollywood new hd. This boxing movie list can be sorted by cast, year, director, and more. If you want a boxing movie, there are at least 3 that. In 2015s creed, sylvester stallones rocky tells his young apprentice.
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 citys toughest amateur boxers. A heavy heart 2015 tvma 1h 49m independent movies long past his heyday, a stillvirile boxer tries to reconnect with his daughter as he confronts the onset of a terminal, degenerative neural disorder. Omung kumar indias greatest boxer mc mary koms biopic couldve been a better story, but priyanka chopras efforts made the boxing matches in the movie look authentic. A great movie about boxing is really a great movie about humanity. Hands of stone is the second prestige boxing drama that harvey weinsteins team has swung for. Champs tells a ragstoriches story set in the brutal landscape of boxing and sports entertainment. In fact, when the film ended its a film that i respected and admired, but could. With martha burns, hannah cheesman, lara jean chorostecki, tarah consoli. Creed has cred creed is billed as a rocky spinoff but its actually something more interesting. Southpaw is a 2015 american sports drama film directed by antoine fuqua, written by kurt sutter and starring jake gyllenhaal, forest whitaker and rachel mcadams. Nov 23, 2015 10 great boxing movies that have nothing to do with rocky.
What begins as an opportunity to resurrect champs story and escape the shadow of his fathers success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his. Click on any of the 2015 movie posters images for complete information about each movie in theaters in 2015. Boxing movies can be tough to bring out on the screen from the paper they are written on. The film marked one of the last films to be scored by james horner and the first. Jordan, the son of former heavyweight champion apollo creed, attempts to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a boxing legend in his own right. The two kings of boxing, manny pacquiao and floyd mayweather jr, failed to fight five years ago due to disputes between each others teams. Youll find inspiration from the stories of its three subjects. We provide 2015 movie release dates, cast, posters, trailers and ratings.