Film Warrior [2011]

[lostNfound]

The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament -- a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother (Edgerton). Written by Anonymous

Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime - and the wreckage of their broken family - within the brutal, high-stakes world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting in Lionsgate's action/drama, WARRIOR. An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291584/plotsummary

This has to be one of my faourit movies for a while, a little similar to the recent film, Fighter but with an MMA flavour.

Have a look at it if you haven't already, you won't be disappointed

Trailer here

 

[freddy47]

I really liked this movie. It felt like a modern day Rocky and in many ways is superior to Rocky.

At times this film was a little cliche but other than that, excellent film with some great performances. I train a little in martial arts so I thought the fight scenes were really well done and choreographed as well as realistic.

 

[Feste]

For a film about guys hitting each other it's pretty damn good. The guy who played the dad was great, & I'm a Tom Hardy fan anyway.

Far too long though, nearly two & a half hours running time for a film about cage fighting?? That's just silly.

 

[L2R]

i like the actors in it, but the trailer seemed to reveal the entire story from beginning to end, so i never bothered.