Movie Review: Warrior (2011)

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Warrior is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other. Nick Nolte was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the father of the two brothers. Jennifer Morrison and Frank Grillo also star.

CAST:

Tom Hardy as Tommy Riordan Conlon
Joel Edgerton as Brendan Conlon
Nick Nolte as Paddy Conlon
Jennifer Morrison as Tess Conlon
Frank Grillo as Frank Campana

PLOT:

We can watch Tommy Riordan, who visits his father Paddy, a former alcoholic he has not seen in a long time. Tommy reminds him of his old violent personality, and Paddy explains that he has changed, his son does not believe it. The next morning, Tommy joins a gym where he beat a professional wrestler named Pete "Mad Dog" Grimes. One of the people in the gym records the fight and uploads it on the internet, where it turns viral very fast. Tommy goes to his father for this one to train him, as this one in turn has happened to have trained for the great tournament of Sparta. Tommy warns that the relationship will only be based on training and makes clear the parameters making it clear that he does not want to reconcile with him. After that, Tommy telephones the widow of his friend of the marines, to whom he promises to deliver the prize of the tournament.

On the other hand, Brendan Conlon, the eldest son of Paddy, is a physics teacher and former MMA fighter, he feels anguish due to the economic situation in his home and how to keep his wife Tess and his two daughters. To get money Brendan returns to his old job as a fighter, facing amateur fighters in bars and this in turn costs him his job. Without further options, Brendan contacts his old friend Frank Campana to give him training and in this way to fight in small tournaments against amateur fighters. After the wrestler Frank was training to enter the Sparta tournament is injured, Brendan convinces him to be his replacement.

Both brothers face each other face-to-face in the hoctagono and that's where the emotions come to the air.

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I will not go into more details of the plot because you have to see the movie :)

RECEPTION:

Warrior received positive reviews from critics, with many praising the acting, fight scenes, cinematography, and music.According to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 83%, based on 174 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10.

IMDB gives the film an 8.2/10 rating

The film also received an Oscar nomination in 2011 for Best Supporting Actor by Nick Nolte.

MY REVIEW:

Warrior, incredible movie. The photograph of the same taken from the hand of the soundtrack, a solid script and the excellent performance of the cast, makes this movie one of my favorites.

The tournament also serves to make the emotional wounds of father and children reach a high point that allows the movie that interest never falter when the action away from the ring.

Prodigious work of the trio protagonist in characters who demanded very different things. Tom Hardy is usually very noticeable for his crude interpretation of the brutal Tommy Conlon, probably for the wounds that ends up showing within that strength and disdain with which it reacts during the greater part of the distribution. His impressive physical work, but the truth is that Joel Edgerton is practically at his height in a less grateful character who has to know how to deal with the usual topics of stories of underdogs, but the problem is clear. And when faced with Hardy shows that there should be no differences in highlighting one or the other.

However, it was Nick Nolte the only one who got a mention in the last Oscars for his work here, something understandable not only for his brilliant performance of a former alcoholic who wants to redo his life but does not know what to do so that his stormy past Prevent it.

In short, 'Warrior' is a movie that every movie lover should see at some point in his life, because he knows how to overcome the apparent topics of his proposal to offer us a very human story developed with great success and crowned by memorable performances Of its trio protagonist.