Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal)
is an undefeated professional boxer living in New York City with his wife
Maureen (Rachel McAdams) and their daughter Leila (Oona Laurence).
During a match in which he defends his WorldLight
Heavyweight title,
Billy sustains an eye injury and is convinced by Maureen to retire while he's
on top. At a charity event for the orphanage where he and his wife both grew
up, Billy is taunted by an up-and-coming boxer, Miguel "Magic"
Escobar, leading to a brawl in which Maureen is accidentally shot and killed by
Miguel's brother Hector, who flees.
Billy begins abusing alcohol and drugs while obsessively
searching for Hector. He eventually gets a tip of Hector's whereabouts but
finds only his prey's drug-addicted wife Maria (Rita Ora),
and leaves after learning Hector is a father. After attacking a referee out of
frustration after losing a fight, Billy is suspended and left indebted, leading
to his house and belongings being repossessed. He continues to spiral out of
control and nearly dies after crashing his car while driving intoxicated, which
also causes him to lose custody of Leila, who is put under care of Child Protective Services officer Angela Rivera (Naomie Harris).
The incident drives Billy to sober up, but Leila cuts ties with him, blaming
him for their predicament.
At the behest of friends, Billy gets a job as a cleaner at
a gym owned by seasoned boxer Titus "Tick" Wills (Forest Whitaker),
and eventually convinces Tick to become his trainer. Billy's former manager,
Jordan Mains (50 Cent),
who is currently managing Miguel, arranges a fight between the two that could
put Billy back in the spotlight. Tick is reluctant to train Billy, fearful he
might be blinded by his vendetta against Miguel, but is motivated to do so when
another of his students is killed by his abusive father while attempting to
defend his mother.
Seeing Billy's hard work after securing a job and keeping
it, and his ability to show responsibilities of a father, the judge removes his
visitation restrictions and congratulates him for his good work. Billy then
takes Leila to his apartment where they have breakfast together and then they
go to visit Maureen's grave, where father and daughter share a tender moment.
Leila is reluctant to forgive her father, but she is
allowed to watch the fight with Angela, via closed circuit television in the
locker room. As the match begins, Miguel has the upper hand against Billy, but,
with Tick's advice, Billy has the chance to turn the tables in the final round
by using the Philly shell defense and countering more aggressively with
his left. As the round reaches its final minute, Billy pivots hard and,
although fighting from a traditional stance, delivers a powerful left uppercut
(southpaw,
from which the film takes its title) which sends the champion down to the
ground. Miguel manages to get up before the count is over and is saved by the
bell. Billy is declared the winner by a split-decision and reunites with Leila
in the locker room, where she forgives his past mistakes and they embrace. Source
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