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Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. 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 city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
2015 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 123 min · Action · Drama · 11 frames
Tagline
Believe in hope.
Crew
- Written by: Kurt Sutter
- Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
- Edited by: John Refoua
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Derek R. Hill
- Produced by: Jason Blumenthal, Antoine Fuqua, Steve Tisch, Peter Riche
Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy 'The Great' Hope
- Rachel McAdams as Maureen Hope
- Forest Whitaker as Titus 'Tick' Wills
- Oona Laurence as Leila Hope
- 50 Cent as Jordan Mains
- Skylan Brooks as Hoppy
- Naomie Harris as Angela Rivera
- Victor Ortiz as Ramone
- Beau Knapp as Jon Jon
- Miguel Gómez as Miguel 'Magic' Escobar
Production
- Country: United States of America, China
- Language: English
- Studios: Fuqua Films, Escape Artists, Wanda Pictures, The Weinstein Company
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $91,709,827
- Themes: sports, fighter, boxer, tragedy, boxing trainer, professional sports, arrogance, boxing, married man, young daughter
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