Warrior
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The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
What critics thought
Warrior lands as a largely effective sports drama that earns genuine emotion from its estranged-brothers premise, with Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte drawing particular praise. Most critics were willing to forgive its familiar genre mechanics, though a vocal minority found the plot too thin and the characters too underdeveloped to justify the acclaim it received.
“this is a rare fight movie in which we don't want to see either fighter lose”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“comes out swinging in this flawed but fiercely moving family drama”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“This mixed-martial-arts fight movie has received bafflingly high praise considering its lunkhead plot and rudimentary characters”
Andrew Pulver·The Guardian
“When they speak to each other for the first time in the film – amazingly, only once before they actually meet in the ring – we understand their relationship completely.”
Simon Miraudo·Quickflix
“appropriately blunt, powerful and relentless”
A.O. Scott·The New York Times
Accolades
Genres
Action, Drama, Sport
Cast & Crew
Gavin O'ConnorDirector
Joel EdgertonBrendan Conlon
Tom HardyTommy Conlon
Nick NoltePaddy Conlon
Jennifer MorrisonTess Conlon
Frank GrilloFrank Campana
Kevin DunnPrincipal Zito
Maximiliano HernándezColt Boyd
Bryan CallenBryan Callen
Sam SheridanSam Sheridan
Fernando ChienFenroy
Jake McLaughlinMark Bradford
Vanessa MartinezPilar Fernandez
Mark IshamComposer
Anthony TambakisWriter
Cliff DorfmanWriter
Masanobu TakayanagiCinematographyWarrior
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
What critics thought
Warrior lands as a largely effective sports drama that earns genuine emotion from its estranged-brothers premise, with Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte drawing particular praise. Most critics were willing to forgive its familiar genre mechanics, though a vocal minority found the plot too thin and the characters too underdeveloped to justify the acclaim it received.
“this is a rare fight movie in which we don't want to see either fighter lose”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“comes out swinging in this flawed but fiercely moving family drama”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“This mixed-martial-arts fight movie has received bafflingly high praise considering its lunkhead plot and rudimentary characters”
Andrew Pulver·The Guardian
“When they speak to each other for the first time in the film – amazingly, only once before they actually meet in the ring – we understand their relationship completely.”
Simon Miraudo·Quickflix
“appropriately blunt, powerful and relentless”
A.O. Scott·The New York Times
Accolades
Genres
Action, Drama, Sport
Cast & Crew
Gavin O'ConnorDirectorJoel EdgertonBrendan ConlonTom HardyTommy ConlonNick NoltePaddy ConlonJennifer MorrisonTess ConlonFrank GrilloFrank CampanaKevin DunnPrincipal ZitoMaximiliano HernándezColt BoydBryan CallenBryan CallenSam SheridanSam SheridanFernando ChienFenroyJake McLaughlinMark BradfordVanessa MartinezPilar FernandezMark IshamComposerAnthony TambakisWriterCliff DorfmanWriterMasanobu TakayanagiCinematographyStream
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