UFC fans will be disappointed. More for marines!

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2020)

If they could have gotten the fighting right this easily could have been the best sports movie ever. The director had an idea of the emotion he wanted from the MMA scenes and it was just so wrong. No strategy at all just going straight for the jugular, and then these huge flamboyant throws with no takedown defence whatsoever.....I think the director had more of an idea of the life of a marine and he wanted to tie that into this movie. MMA fighters are so much more loose in real life than what this film shows. In reality most former marines that have tried their luck at MMA get a rude awakening because they are so tight, and aggressive like Tommy's fighting style in this movie that they're predictable and get caught with counter-strikes by professional fighters. For Tommy to go into this tournament and just knock 3 world class fighters out in a row within seconds is along the lines of Neo dodging bullets for the first time in the matrix for realness. Fighting is more of an art form than just raw aggression the way this movie portrays it. The acting in Warrior is absolutely incredible and drew me in better than any other sports movie maybe besides Rocky. Nick Nolte so deserved to be nominated for an oscar for what he did. Shout out to Bryan Callen impersonating Joe Rogan for what he does ringside at UFC. I loved that part too especially since Joe and Bryan are buddies in real life. Great acting. Bad fighting. 8/10