Warrior is the first guy type movie that I’ve watched since creating this blog. The atmosphere going into the theater is electric. The audience is mostly guys and some elderly couples and though none of us knew one another, we bonded as an audience over a single film. This was a definite cross between Rocky and Rocky VI, where both actors are playing one side of Rocky, the underdog and the one who can’t release the pain.
2 brothers both competing in an MMA fighting style for the prize money of $5 million dollars; Tommy the youngest is a marine war veteran with an obvious angry problem and Brendon is a physics teacher on the verge of bankruptcy.
So who wins the tournament? The brother with so much anger he doesn’t care who stands in his way or the brother with everything to lose? The great thing about this movie is that neither of these guys are “bad” guys. Both have something to prove and everything to gain from winning this tournament. The best line from the movie is from Brendon’s coach after a few rounds with one of the world’s best fighters; he looks at Brendon and says “If you don’t knock him out, you don’t have a home.” 
Talk about a motivation. Needless to say, he won that fight.
But this is a wonderful movie that is bound to move anyone who watches it.
The best part of the whole theater experience was as the credits were rolling, a man on the same aisle as myself and my dad, was openly weeping. The end was as touching as you can possibly get when it comes to a guy type movie. I was moved that he didn’t care who saw him crying like that.
***** 5 stars.
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