Almost fell asleep.

Rating: 5/10 (17 September 2011)

I tried to like this movie-- I really did. After all, I am into kickboxing and have tremendously enjoyed the fight/drama genre in the past. But if you are a fighter yourself, you probably won't enjoy this movie much, either. The fight scenes consisted of mostly repetitive moves and those ended way too quickly for the most part. Tom Hardy's acting was extremely unbelievable, in my opinion, and I couldn't connect with his character emotionally; what is up with the teenage boy attitude? His brother's behavior, too, was not very convincing: one minute he is this nice lovable teacher, and the next he is an arrogant SOB who is very picky about whom he chooses to love and forgive. Overall, it was a far-fetched and unoriginal story.
Sorry, IMDb. I can no longer trust your ratings!