Review of Southpaw (2015) by Martin O — 08 Oct 2015

Good ADULT film adult humour with rude sexual scenes. Strong language and fight scenes. But all in all an ok movie, not the best I have seen bit too much swearing (shows lack of vocabulary).

This review of Southpaw (2015) was written by Martin O on 08 Oct 2015.

Southpaw has generally received positive reviews.

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