Outstanding!

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2014)

Beautiful, heart-warming, tear-jerking, exciting, EMOTIONAL, uplifting.
I can honestly not say enough good things about Warrior. Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte, Warrior is a film about fighting! Edgerton and Hardy (brothers) and Nolte (father) are all fighting for something different. Edgerton is the older brother, fighting to keep his family's home from being foreclosed on by the bank. He's a good, not great fighter with tons of heart. You can't help but root for him as he fills the protypical "underdog" and moral lead of the movie. Hardy the younger brother of the two and the superior skilled fighter is fighting his demons. He is conflicted internally and hurting bad from painful experiences in his life. Hardy deals with the pain the only way he knows how - Fighting. You can't help but to feel empathize with Hardy's character. Nolte the alcoholic father is fighting to stay sober and fighting to win a place back in his sons lives after years of abuse and neglect. The constant rejection he receives from his sons as he attempts to re-establish relationships will have you sympathizing with his character from the very first scene. Nolte's acting chops are very evident and there is a scene with him that will bring a tear to the eye of even the most stoic of viewers. Both brothers who haven't spoken in a decade, through an ironic twist of fate, end up in an MMA tournament where the winner takes home 3 million dollars and the title of Worlds Best Middle-Weight. The film shifts from perspective to perspective of each character and has you rooting for all three. And even though only 1 fighter can win the actual tournament, all three men find a way to win the fight that they need the most. For Edgerton it's money and respect, for Hardy it's peace with himself and his estranged family, and for Nolte it's alcoholism and to get back in the graces of his sons lives. Brilliantly executed. If your not crying at the end there is something seriously wrong with you!!