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.

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I'm surprised I didn't find a thread about this -- it was one of the top films in 2011 and had incredible acting, action, and emotional scenes. It flew under the radar for a lot of people surprisingly, so I figured I'd start a thread here to see if it sparks any interest.

Discuss.

ChuCky.Ca

Canada2497 Posts

January 20 2012 07:45 GMT

I watched this movie in theaters and twice on blue ray fucking love this movie it's two underdog movies in one with amazing acting in my top 5 for 2011

Mondeezy

United States1938 Posts

January 20 2012 07:46 GMT

On January 20 2012 16:45 ChuCky.Ca wrote:
I watched this movie in theaters and twice on blue ray fucking love this movie it's two underdog movies in one with amazing acting in my top 5 for 2011

Nice, I saw it for the second time tonight and will probably invite some friends over this weekend to watch it again.

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I teared up like a bitch at the end, lol

Also, happy birthday!

Radioman

Canada904 Posts

January 20 2012 07:48 GMT

Someone told me it was the MMA's version of "The fighter". I watched it hoping for another great movie and I wasn't disappointed. However I felt that the ending needed something else.

EDIT: I didn't like the ring side commentary at all during this movie. It's never done right in sports movies

fbs

United Kingdom2476 Posts

January 20 2012 07:49 GMT

i wanted the other guy to win, prob my fav film of a weak year though

Mjolnir

912 Posts

January 20 2012 07:52 GMT

I think I'm the only person out there who feels this movie is totally overrated and predictable.

I had such high hopes, too.

Balgrog

United States1221 Posts

January 20 2012 08:08 GMT

This movie was ALOT better than I had expected! I have watched it twice and have really enjoyed it both times!

nudal

Romania10 Posts

January 20 2012 08:40 GMT

The forced emotions in this movie just makes it seem really bad for me.

Only the last 30 minutes do the movie justice, but by that time i already lost interest in the whole thing

Mondeezy

United States1938 Posts

January 22 2012 01:06 GMT

On January 20 2012 16:48 Radioman wrote:

EDIT: I didn't like the ring side commentary at all during this movie. It's never done right in sports movies

I completely agree lol. Was pretty cheesy.

Timurid

Guyana (French)656 Posts

January 22 2012 01:11 GMT

#10

warrior is nowhere near the top films of 2011. You can't compare that to The Artist, Descendants etc.

decerto

244 Posts

January 22 2012 01:13 GMT

#11

On January 20 2012 16:52 Mjolnir wrote:

I think I'm the only person out there who feels this movie is totally overrated and predictable.

I had such high hopes, too.

Dont flatter yourself mate the movie is predictable and cliche'd but the acting makes that completely irrelevant imo, if you told anyone the story without them seeing the movie anyone that isnt a 13 year old boy will say the story is predictabl, boring and been done so many times but the movie still transcends that and is awesome regardless of how nonsensical beating up your crippled brother is

Mortal

2943 Posts

January 22 2012 01:21 GMT

#12

Always a fan of Tom Hardy. Was a pretty decent movie, definitely worth the watch.

r00ster84

Canada11 Posts

January 22 2012 03:55 GMT

#13

I loved this movie sooooo much. Finally an MMA movie done right. Even if the premise for the tournament was a bit ridiculous the movie itself was really well done.

Licmyobelisk

Philippines3682 Posts

January 22 2012 03:58 GMT

#14

nick nolte is a fucking beast, I always thought of him as the angry token bad ass guy from the 80's-90's but I have so much respect for him now

gameguard

Korea (South)2132 Posts

January 22 2012 13:23 GMT

#15

I loved the movie exept the ending. Why didn't they stop the fight after the younger brother got his shoulder dislocated? He could not even lift his arm to cover himself and was in no condition to fight after the third round. I mean, the dramatic effect was great and all, but alot of it was spoiled for me because i kept thinking to myself, 'they cannot possibly let the fight go on when he cant even cover himself...'

GrimmJ

Canada131 Posts

January 22 2012 13:46 GMT

#16

My favourite quotes from it:

"Yeah, I'll tell you somethin'. You can take that back to where you found it. You can leave the coffee in the pot, I can pour it out myself. And I can wake myself up too."

"So you found God, huh? That's awesome. See, Mom kept calling out for him but he wasn't around. I guess Jesus was down at the mill forgiving all the drunks. Who knew? "

aseq

Netherlands3992 Posts

January 22 2012 13:50 GMT

#17

I liked it. Fighting scenes were probably better than in any movie I've seen before, although still not near realism.