Description
Classic wartime drama directed by Michael Anderson. The film tells the story of Dr Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave), whose invention of the ‘Bouncing Bomb’ is greeted with scepticism in World War II. However, RAF Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Richard Todd) proves the bomb’s worth in a daring mission to destroy the German Ruhr dams. The cast also includes Basil Sydney and Ursula Jeans.Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent star in this hard-hitting sports drama directed by Antoine Fuqua. Reigning light-heavyweight boxing champion Billy ‘The Great’ Hope (Gyllenhaal) has a loving wife (Rachel McAdams) and child and a promising career ahead of him. However, Billy finds himself in danger of losing all of that after tragedy strikes and he is declared unfit to look after his young daughter Leila (Oona Laurence). Having hit rock-bottom, Billy desperately tries to regain control of his life and win back custody of his little girl with the help of boxing trainer Titus ‘Tick’ Wills (Whitaker).

