Almost as good has The Fighter

Rating: 8/10 (14 September 2011)

The story is about two brothers, Brendan(Joel Edgerton) who is a high school teacher, and his happily married with two children, but is going bankrupt, and he might lose his house, he used to be a UFC fighter, in hopes of making a lot of money for his family. Tommy(Tom Hardy) a former marine, with a big chip on his shoulder, returns to confront his father(Nick Nolte), who used to be a drunk, While training at the gym, Tommy spars with an upcoming UFC fighter, and puts him in his place. Tommy gets an offer to become a UFC fighter,and asks his father to be his trainer. But how will it come between the two brothers?
I lot of training was put in this movie and the effort really shows, it had a lot of intense fighting. Tom Hardy was amazing, his performance was almost Oscar worthy, and he does a great Brooklyn accent, you'll forget he's actually British. Now Joel Edgerton was alright, but his performance was quite boring compared to Hardys. Nick Nolte was mesmerizing has there former drunk father, who is trying to connect with his two sons, I hope he will not be missed by the Oscars. A great film, almost as good has The Fighter.