In this "Left Hook", I really didn't expect that Jake Gyllenhaal, who was usually a bitch in my eyes, was so sturdy and ruthless in the boxing ring, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. Don't be rude, after this kid played with Ang Lee, his acting skills are getting better and better.
In most boxing movies, the routine in the plot is that a boxer in the golden period of infinite glory, arrogant, lavish, surrounded by a group of bad friends who seem to be intimate, "intimate" agents, and then all kinds of accidents, plummeted, betrayal and separation, The economy is broken, living on the streets, taking drugs and taking drugs, and being trampled on by everyone. After that, there are usually two branches of plot development. One is that the boxer fought hard and finally won the redemption. , and another is that the boxer succumbed to drug addiction and humiliation and died, leaving the audience's echoes.
Of course, this movie is not out of the norm, it is still a statement of redemption, but it seems to be enjoyable, and the emotional expression is not deliberately sensational, it is open and closed, and it is close to the truth.
Finally, let's talk about the title of the film. It is translated as "Iron Fist" in China. I personally think it is more appropriate to translate it as "Left Hook".
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