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Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton feud as estranged brothers at the Pentagon. Nick Nolte plays a rehabilitating father with deep-seated demons. From these dynamics emerges a family drama that on the surface dances to the usual Rocky schema - but again, not at all. Warrior is, in fact, a very special sports film.
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.
- Aaron Kleiber
- Gavin O'connor
Sep 7, 2011 · We want them both to win. 140 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2011. “Warrior” is a fight picture that arrives with perfect logic at a climax involving not one but three key bouts, and we forgive the coincidence that provides not one protagonist but two.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 8, 2022. While most would simply write off a movie about two brothers fighting for a cash prize in an MMA tournament as direct-to-DVD piffle, Warrior ...
Feb 7, 2024 · Warrior is a 2011 mixed martial arts fight movie about Tommy Conlon and his dysfunctional family. Tommy is an ex-marine who wants to return to the MMA boxing ring and, therefore, enlists the help of his former coach and father, Paddy Conlon.
Sep 25, 2011 · A review of Warrior (2011) directed by Gavin O'Connor that stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, and Joel Edgerton. Get more MMA articles and movie reviews at Yell! Magazine.
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Sep 9, 2011 · To be short, its one of the best combat-based drama films since Rocky with a truly amazing performance by Nick Nolte. It's a film about redemption, forgiveness, pride and family. It's also a film about a teacher who has to resort to MMA fighting because teachers don't make enough to pay their bills. Read More.
