Review of Southpaw (2015) by Bruno C — 22 Oct 2015

Favorite Boxing film aside from the Rocky series. what a dramatic film!

This review of Southpaw (2015) was written by Bruno C on 22 Oct 2015.

Southpaw has generally received positive reviews.

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