Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte star in the pumped-up mixed martial arts drama, Warrior.
Heres Ryans review of a truly bone-crunching movie…
As the title suggests,Warrioris all about conflict.
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Himself a former wrestler, Brendans now a physics teacher in a Philadelphia high school.
Its here thatWarriormorphs into a kind of two-handedRocky, with two characters to root for rather than one.
Hardy, meanwhile, rages and seethes in his role as a kind of modern-day Caliban.
The script, it has to be said, is less than perfect.
Theres a bit of a downside, though, for people with no knowledge of mixed martial arts.
InSuperman, Christopher Reeve made us believe a man could fly.
InWarrior, Tom Hardy really does convince us that he could tear the door off a tank.
Rating:
4 out of 5
