YES.<\/p>\n
I have been waiting for this one and I was not disappointed at all.<\/p>\n
With the exception of Redbelt<\/em>, any MMA movie or MMA treatment in a movie has been very stupid.<\/p>\n Warrior<\/em> is awesome.<\/p>\n First, we have an eccentric retired hedge fund manager who decides to become the Mark Cuban of UFC.\u00a0 He sponsors what amounts to a King of Iron Fist tournament in Atlantic City, looking for the baddest man on the planet.<\/p>\n Next, we have a reclusive Russian badass who\u2019s never come close to losing, finally tempted into fighting in the states by the large purse of the tournament (Tournament is named Spartan).<\/p>\n Third, we have a Afghan war vet who has come into huge popularity because he beat the living piss out of a top contender in a sparring session and a iphone vid of the whuppin ended up on youtube.\u00a0 Both the vet and the whupped contender are in the tourney.<\/p>\n And last, we have a former UFC fighter\/High school physics teacher who has been suspended from teaching because he was moonlighting as a pitfighter to keep his home out of foreclosure.<\/p>\n All these characters come smashing together at Spartan.\u00a0 And it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n Tom Hardy is ridiculous as the war vet.\u00a0 And if anyone ever doubted he has the physicality to play Bane in the next batman film; they will not if they see this film.<\/p>\n Joel Edgerton is great as the physics teacher.\u00a0 The two actually share a father who is played by Nick Nolte, who is also brilliant.<\/p>\n Gavin O\u2019Connor is emerging as one of my favorite directors.\u00a0 His previous efforts include Pride and Glory<\/em>, and Miracle<\/em>.\u00a0 He\u2019s accomplished something here.\u00a0 Filming MMA action is difficult.\u00a0 Grappling doesn\u2019t translate particularly well on film to the average fan.\u00a0 But it\u2019s an integral (and arguably the most important) aspect of MMA.\u00a0 So if you\u2019re accurate with your action you run the risk of boring the average movie goer, and if you shy away from accuracy it\u2019ll come off looking like WWE bullshit to someone who knows MMA.\u00a0 O\u2019Connor did an excellent job of filming accurate action that was also exciting as all hell.\u00a0 This film is a real achievement for him.<\/p>\n Go see this movie.\u00a0 If you\u2019re disappointed you probably ought to see Shark Night 3D<\/em>.\u00a0 That\u2019s probably more your speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YES. I have been waiting for this one and I was not disappointed at all. With the exception of Redbelt, any MMA movie or MMA treatment in a movie has been very stupid. Warrior is awesome. First, we have an … Continue reading