Embattled

I was suprised how much i loved this movie. If you are a MMA fan or just a sports fan I strongly recommend this film. It's got a semi clever plot, great cast, great fight choreography and a good message behind it. It has some small plot holes but aside from that it's worth watching.

Great movie. People upset about the cliches act like they don't exist for a reason. It's a little over the top and the fighting scenes have too many cuts but this is the most moving film I've watched in a very long time. Reminds me of the fighter.

Much better than I expected, even with the Connor McGregor + Floyd Mayweather caricature lead excellently played by Dorff, a family drama at the core, overloaded with toxic masculinity and dysfunction. A genuinely good film.

3 out of 5 stars. Strong family sports drama about abuse and overcoming it. Strong family drama. Performances. But boring and dull direction. It does lead to a strong showdown climax.

Starts out with a lot of stereotypes and cliches and, while it does keep those up throughout, the story it tells is somewhat original but not one I'm all that interested in. I mean... the central character is not someone anyone should want to see win and the outcome of the fight does not matter since he gets the big spotlight and payday anyways. Still, as juvenile as the premise was, it did make me a little bit curious to see how it ends. At least it doesn't glorify MMA as the ‘end all, be all' to life, the universe, and everything in between like every other movie on the subject.

Great flick seen it twice now, and it's just as good the second time. Way above that 70% fresh rating

Didn't expect much of this movie, fights are almost realistic (kinda fell that punches are not real). Story is pretty classic. Final fight was intense, especially the end.

I thought it was a really good movie and it showed that Stephen Dorffs character wasn't the horrible abusive father to Jett always. He played a very believable bad guy. I really liked the ending showing what was important.

That was a really good movie.

So I see this interview with Stephen Dorff and he says Scarlet Johannsen should be embarrassed to star in Black Widow, as if he's some sort of upper crust arthouse film regular. Look, I'm no Marvel Fanboy, but Dorff has no business being critical of anybody after making this pile of steaming poo. The movie is a mashup of Rocky and the Great Santini. All the clichés are there, from the domestic abuse, to the drinking, to the flashback father-son moments to the slow motion fight scenes. Toss in a disabled kid for a human touch and a cardboard cutout of a (sort-of) girlfriend. All of it pretty stinky and predictable. Wasn't Dorff in a Vampire superhero movie himself? and it's not like he's been hanging out on Broadway honing his craft and collecting Tony Awards. So, if you want to see a low-budget, thoughtful, well-acted MMA movie, check out Redbelt. Otherwise, skip this dreck and rent Black Widow.