Considering that I've reviewed over 15,000 films on IMDb, it's not surprising I'd review 'The Warrior'-simply because of the process of elimination! Additionally, I am trying to see as many of IMDb's Top 250 as I possibly can-and I only have a few more to go. So you might wonder why I would watch the film in the first place-a very, very good question. As a libertarian sort of guy, I am not for banning it-hey, if they want to kill each other, that's their right.just don't expect me to pay to go see it. I don't like UFC fighting and think it's barbaric. Is it any good? Or, is it just derivative?īefore I go any further, I have a VERY important confession to make. So, from this standpoint, 'The Warrior' isn't exactly original-it's one in a string of similar films. First was 'The Wrestler' and then 'The Fighter' and then 'The Warrior'. In the late 70s, it was roller skating and CB radio films. The 1950s and early 60s, it was nothing but westerns. Back in the 1930s, it was gangster films.one after another. When they make one sort of movie, you can pretty much guarantee there will be many more soon after. Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10 A review for people who don't like UFC fighting yet, somehow, end up watching this film. 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. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. 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. A former 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. 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.

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