While I’ve enjoyed watching MMA (though I liked the early UFC tournament format better than the WWE style system they have now) there hasn’t been a good movie about it.<\/p>\n
David Mamet’s Redbelt<\/em> was awesome, but that’s more of a jujitsu\/philosophy movie.\u00a0 (be aware: I can really split hairs when it comes to marital arts films)<\/p>\n Honestly, we’re owed a good wrestling film before we get into needing a good MMA film.\u00a0 And don’t any of you morons try and mention Vision Quest<\/em>.\u00a0 That movie sucked.\u00a0 But we may soon have a good MMA film.<\/p>\n Director Gavin O’connor (Pride and Glory, Miracle<\/em>) will soon bring us the story of two brothers who are in the MMA game for different reasons.\u00a0 Tom Hardy (Inception<\/em>), who got JACKED, is trying to redeem himself and his trainer\/father (Nick Nolte).\u00a0 You’ll also see Tom playing Bane in Dark Knight Rises<\/em>.\u00a0 Joel Edgerton (King Arthur<\/em>) is the other brother who was retired and teaching high school physics but needs money to support his family.\u00a0 Both brothers enter a kind of King of Iron Fist tournament with a large cash prize.<\/p>\n While this plot may sound like you’ve heard it before, O’Connor is a gifted director.\u00a0 Miracle<\/em> is one of the best non-comedy sports movies ever made.\u00a0 If you haven’t seen Pride and Glory<\/em> with Ed Norton and Colin Farrel, you need to stop reading this and go find it.\u00a0 Pride and Glory<\/em> is a great film.<\/p>\n So we may have a good MMA film soon.\u00a0 However, still no love for the wrestlers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While I’ve enjoyed watching MMA (though I liked the early UFC tournament format better than the WWE style system they have now) there hasn’t been a good movie about it. David Mamet’s Redbelt was awesome, but that’s more of a … Continue reading