Warrior (2011)

Warrior (2011)

Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Screenplay by: Gavin O'Connor, Anthony Tambakis, and Cliff Dorfman

Genre: Action | Drama | Sport
Running Time: 139 Minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Viewed: Owned Blu-ray

Family is worth fighting for.

[IMDb]

Comments: The only reason that Warrior isn't getting five stars is for the sheer ridiculousness of the plot and how everything came together. You have two estranged brothers, on opposite sides of Pennsylvania, that get included in a 16-man middleweight MMA tournament to determine the best fighter in the world. Oh, and neither man is a full time fighter; one just started fighting and the other is just getting back into it after an earlier career being a .500 fighter. And of course, before fighting each other in the finals, one fights his "enemy" while the other fights the best fighter in the world (aka Kurt Angle). It's crazy how things worked out, isn't it? (I'm not ruining anything, because anyone who has an eighth of a brain/watched the trailer could see this coming twenty miles away.)

Otherwise, this movie fucking rocked.

I was going to end the review here, but I have to add this: If watching Tom Hardy maul people and then walk directly out of the cage like a motherfucking monster didn't make you want to go and beat the shit out of somebody, then, well... I don't know what. But I was so fucking pumped after watching these fights that I can only heap praise onto Gavin O'Connor for how well he filmed those scenes.

Did I mention that Warrior was awesome?