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Warrior

2011

Gavin O'Connor

Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison ...

7.4

28,559

Drama. Action The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) 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 corner with his older brother (Edgerton).

	Media	Author	Review
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"Skillfully made and adrenalin-fueled, Warrior is nothing like what I expected. It overcomes inescapable boxing and martial arts clichés and leaves you thoroughly sated, energized and wanting more"
		Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel	"'Warrior' is a straight genre picture, a fight movie of the old school. But it's a mixed martial arts tale, and as such, it's the best MMA movie ever (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Joe Leydon Variety	"An improbably effective and affecting mix of raw emotions and exciting smackdowns"
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Although Gavin O'Connor is not shy about exploiting action, he uses the full force of strong characters to give it more meaning than action alone could supply (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kyle Smith New York Post	"A cheap exploitation picture (...) 'Warrior' is the type of movie that tries to convince us that what we’re seeing is important"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"'Warrior' possesses surprising poetry and finesse. Which is not to say that it is subtle (...) This movie wants to knock you out. It will."
		Dan Jolin Empire	"It hardly rewrites the rulebook, but Warrior is a powerful, moving and brilliant sports-pic-cum-family drama. Like The Fighter, but with kicking. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"
		Nick Schager Slant	"So gripping that, even at 139 minutes, Warrior leaves you wanting even more."
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Every time you start resisting, somehow the film makes the sale, again."
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It is appropriately blunt, powerful and relentless, a study of male bodies in sweaty motion and masculine emotions in teary turmoil."
		Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"The film is a brutally effective, insanely rousing piece of drama, with enough new wrinkles and ferocious acting to sweep you into its clutches."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A sports film whose promise of a more nuanced take on familiar genre tropes ends up battered and bruised."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Warrior' aspires to myth. It's Cain and Abel battling it out in the face of a decidedly ungodly father before humanity goes down for the count. Strong stuff."
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Warrior' is a relentless, emotionally engaging family drama and underdog saga with touches of "Rocky" mixed with "The Fighter."

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