Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Redbelt. Redbelt is a 2008 American martial arts film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Alice Braga, Randy Couture, Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna, Emily Mortimer, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Rodrigo Santoro. The film also features a number of martial arts professionals.
May 9, 2008 · With Max Martini, Matt Cable, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alice Braga. A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
- (22K)
- Drama, Sport
- David Mamet
- 2008-05-09
A martial-arts instructor (Chiwetel Ejiofor, right, with Emily Mortimer) finds himself in a chokehold in Redbelt, directed by David Mamet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. David Mamet's "Redbelt" assembles all the elements for a great Mamet film, but they're still spread out on the shop floor.
Summaries. A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition. Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet.
Martial artist Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) lives by a strict code of no competitions, for he feels that such contests weaken fighters. After saving a famous action star (Tim Allen) from a brutal...
- (145)
- Drama
- R
Overview. Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window.
