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Warrior (2011)
8.2/10 Updated : 2013-11-17
Rating: 7.3/10
[fresh!] 83% [audience liked it!] 91%
Drama , Sport
Joel Edgerton , Tom Hardy , Nick Nolte , Jennifer Morrison , Frank Grillo , Kevin Dunn , Maximiliano Hernández , Bryan Callen , Sam Sheridan ,
Fernando Chien , Jake McLaughlin , Vanessa Martinez , Denzel Whitaker , Carlos Miranda , Nick Lehane
Gavin O'Connor
140
2011
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|
...
Warrior relies on many of the clich?s that critics of the genre love to mock -- and it transcends them with gripping action, powerful acting, and heart.