Jennifer Morrison and Joel Edgerton Director: Gavin O'Connor Stars: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sports Release Date: September 9, 2011 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82% Warrior, Director Gavin O'Connor's exciting yet flawed film about two brothers who become involved in a high-stakes mixed martial arts event, benefits from the tremendously impressive performances of relative newcomers Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton. Tommy (Hardy) is a soldier with a mysterious past who enlists the help of his formerly alcoholic father (Nick Nolte) to train him to be a mixed martial arts fighter in a high-stakes tournament. Tommy's older brother, Brendan, is training for the tournament, for the sole reason that he his high school teacher salary is not sufficient to provide for his family. The morales of the film, in particular the importance of family, seemed to be forced on the audience a bit too muc...
It's time for this petite aspie movie snob to get critical. (Let's face it: it's always time for that).