#I'mNotDavidNorMargaret, Film Reviews My Way 2015

Receiving hit and miss reviews what will this hit and miss film lover say about SOUTHPAW?



With a soundtrack produced by Eminem and a fairly strong cast on paper Southpaw should be getting great reviews, and with solid box office takings this film is far from a flop, however there is no new ground covered here. Unless you look closely (and I) at Jake Gyllenhaal's abs. Man is he ripped or what in this film.

There is one scene straight out of a Men's Health DVD where Jake and opponent Miguel Gomez do these mad ab routines which left me after a long cold Winter feeling rather out of shape.

That all aside the soundtrack, produced and probably costing a butt load of coin was hardly used, I thought it would be like one monster Music Video, that never happened.  The Weeknd's great old hit "Wicked Games" was heard weakly under a rather tame sex scene and the lead single "Phenomenal" is used briefly.

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed this tale of redemption however it was slightly over long, Rachel McAdams made a good return to a decent project after the dreadful True Detective.

Look there are a lot of great films out this week, and this is worth seeing but maybe just a bit after you check out the awesome Australian tale Last Cab to Darwin or Trainwreck.

Southpaw it's good just not great, 2.5 Passing Ab Stars, Jake you are ripped dog!