Good movie , but seriously people

Rating: 7/10 (7 August 2013)

Get this out of IMDb Top 250 , because it's rather embarrassing that this movie has such high rating . I like it and it's definitely quite well made movie . Still , I can't stop wondering why people love this movie so much . Is it because the new sport such as MMA is rather more popular now than boxing ? Maybe.
Anyway , there isn't nothing here that you didn't see in one the "Rocky" movies . With the exception of Hardy's mysterious past the movie is very straightforward and rather predictable from start to finish. The movie also failed to really explain what the conflict between brothers was all about. I understood the conflict between brothers and father . The movie takes it time to explain that to us and that's a good thing . Unfortunately , the whole explanation of conflict between brothers takes only few seconds and is rather unconvincing (at least for me). In the end it felt very rushed and it's a bad thing , because it was important part of the movie.
"The Warrior" feels also strangely like a commercial for MMA . You don't have money ? Go to MMA. You want to repair your relationship with father ? Go to MMA. You want to forgive your brother ? Go to MMA. You want to relax after hard day in job ? Go to MMA.
Thankfully , this is also a movie about winning self respect and achieving forgiveness . It's obviously directed with passion . Sometimes even with too much passion (the last 5 minutes of the movie full of pathos) . There is lot of energy during the fights . The mysterious past of Hardy is intriguing to the end of the movie . Nice dialogue . And definitely good acting.
Nick Nolte is phenomenal in a heartbreaking role of ex-alcoholic father. He deserved the Oscar nominee . This must be the best performance of his career . Joel Edgerton is good as the mild mannered teacher fighting for his family . Tom Hardy is even better as the black sheep of family . There is lot of anger, mystery and tension in him. Jennifer Morrison is nice in her love of loving wife , even if she basically repeats her performance from "House MD".
It's a good movie . Overrated , but good . I give it 7/10.