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Warrior review by RP
Plucky underdog wins cage fighting contest. Err – that's it
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Plucky underdog wins cage fighting contest. Err – that's it. With a troubled family background two brothers (an ex-US Marine and a high school physics teacher) enter a martial arts cage fighting contest for the $5 million prize. Teacher wants it to pay off his mortgage, ex-Marine wants it to give to the widow of a comrade in arms. Teacher - who it turns out was once a former professional fighter (what?!?) - is the underdog. Ex-marine is filled with rage, powerfully built, knocks opponents out with a single blow. Father (reformed alcoholic) trains ex-marine. The contest is supposedly for the best 16 fighters in the world, but (of course) these two unknowns get entered for it and (of course) destroy their opponents while (of course) picking up a few minor cuts and bruises until plucky underdog (of course) wins with (of course) his wife cheering him on. All so predictable and with a silly happy-Hollywood-style ending to boot. On the other hand it is quite well done and the British and Australian actors playing the lead characters even manage passable US accents, so of its type it's a fairly good example. But – shades of 'Rocky' – haven't we seen this so many times before? It's just a cliché that goes on for well over 2 hours. And even using 'Ode To Joy' from Beethoven's 9th Symphony as part of the fighting accompaniment is a cliché: 'Die Hard' did this. I know that this is a popular film but I can only give it 3/5 stars at best – it really is very average stuff.
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