One of my favorite films ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2020)

This film so wonderful. It's one of those movies I can come back to again and again and feel the same emotions and have the same enjoyment of every time. The story is so well crafted and the characters have good development, particularly Tommy and his father. The themes of the story are probably one of if not the best part of the entire movie. The whole movie deals with redemption and forgiveness, and the story centers around a broken family that begin to reunite, but have difficulty reconciling because of mistakes that had been made in the past. Great performances from all the leads, particularly Nolte and Hardy, and I would recommend this movie to anyone, even those who don't care for fighting movies because the fighting is only a plot device, and it's not what the movie is about. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and go see it.