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Fantastic family drama features intense martial-arts fights.

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this is a touching family drama wrapped in an intense "David vs. Goliath"-style fight. The movie deals with some weighty issues that most younger kids won't fully understand: the conflicted relationship between fathers and sons, the estrangement of brothers, alcoholism, and the willingness of…

Why Age 14+?

The entire movie centers around mixed martial arts (MMA) fights; some are quick

An older man -- an alcoholic -- falls off the wagon and is shown drunk, disorien

Language includes "s--t," "bulls--t," "ass," "hell," "idiot," one use of "f--k,"

No overt product placements, but the movie is bound to draw attention to Ultimat

A husband and wife kiss, embrace, and have a couple of mature late-night convers

Any Positive Content?

The movie's overall message is that to be a family, you need unconditional love

Brendan is a scrappy underdog who works hard to achieve his success in the ring.

Violence & Scariness

The entire movie centers around mixed martial arts (MMA) fights; some are quick (an instant knock-out), while others are brutal and drawn out. Characters get seriously hurt (a few look like they're nearly unconscious during/after a fight), and in a couple of cases, fighters have bones broken. There's not much blood, and no one is killed, but the competitors sport a variety of bruises and are shown limping or dragging their wounded limbs. The fighting style involves arms and legs, so there's a lot of intense punching, kicking, headlocks, body slamming, and more. Commentators narrate the action and often talk about how so-and-so looks like he's "getting killed," "not moving," etc.

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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

An older man -- an alcoholic -- falls off the wagon and is shown drunk, disoriented, and nearly incoherent. There are empty bottles strewn around a hotel room to show just how much he's had to drink. A character is known to be a pill-popper and is made to relinquish his prescription bottles in a somewhat humorous manner.

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Language includes "s--t," "bulls--t," "ass," "hell," "idiot," one use of "f--k," "crap," "damn," "goddamned," "oh my God," etc. Insulting and hurtful words are exchanged by estranged relatives.

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Products & Purchases

No overt product placements, but the movie is bound to draw attention to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the mixed martial arts (MMA) style of kickboxing. ESPN is briefly shown in a couple of scenes.

Sex, Romance & Nudity

A husband and wife kiss, embrace, and have a couple of mature late-night conversations in the bathroom -- once while she's in her underwear and tank top, another while he's shirtless and in the tub. Women in bikinis are "ring girls."

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Positive Messages

The movie's overall message is that to be a family, you need unconditional love -- and that you have to forgive yourself for past wrongs. Additionally, there's a positive lesson about a healthy marriage and family dynamic versus the very dysfunctional family dynamic that the three main characters display.

Positive Role Models

Brendan is a scrappy underdog who works hard to achieve his success in the ring. He's also a wonderful husband and father who treats his wife like an equal and has mature debates with her when they disagree about issues. Although his brother is cruel to him, Brendan obviously loves Tommy unconditionally, despite their years of silence. Even Paddy -- a repentant alcoholic who truly wants to make amends -- can be considered a role model. Tommy, on the other hand, is mostly haunted and conflicted; the only person he's kind to is his best friend's widow.

Parents need to know that this is a touching family drama wrapped in an intense "David vs. Goliath"-style fight. The movie deals with some weighty issues that most younger kids won't fully understand: the conflicted relationship between fathers and sons, the estrangement of brothers, alcoholism, and the willingness of a husband and father to do whatever it takes to help his family. The movie's many mixed martial arts sequences are fast and furious and feature a lot of beatdowns, but no one is killed -- just down for the count. There's some profanity ("s--t," "ass," "goddamned," etc.) and some marital intimacy (two bathroom conversations with the couple half-dressed, and a kiss or two), but otherwise it's really only the themes and violence that make this movie an iffy pick for younger viewers. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the story.

Troubled Iraq vet Tommy (Tom Hardy) returns home for the first time in more than a decade with one purpose -- to get back in the "cage" of mixed martial arts and provide for a fallen fellow Marine's family. A former wrestling prodigy, Tommy asks his father ( Nick Nolte ), a recovering alcoholic, to train him for Sparta: a high-profile, winner-takes-all competition with a $5 million purse. Meanwhile, Tommy's estranged brother, Brendan ( Joel Edgerton ), a former UFC fighter turned physics teacher, realizes that he must also get back in the cage to raise much-needed money to save his home. An unexpected opportunity allows Brendan to join his fierce younger brother in the single-elimination tournament ... but before meeting in the ring, they must face their troubled past.

Is It Any Good?

Director Gavin O'Connor has created a perfect vehicle for two of Hollywood's most compelling imported actors: English scene-stealer Hardy and Aussie leading man Edgerton. Both are positively amazing in this film, but they personify completely opposing cinematic types. Hardy's Tommy is the aloof champion with a tortured soul, and Edgerton's Brendan is the scrappy underdog who will stop at nothing to keep his family intact. The brothers are like two suns, with the other characters orbiting around one or the other and the audience left figuring out whom is more deserving of their loyalty.

Both men are flawed, but the director tips the balance in Brendan's favor by showing his circle of supporters: an inspiring coach ( Frank Grillo ) who uses Beethoven's music to keep his fighters calm in the cage; a beautiful, loving wife ( House alum Jennifer Morrison ); and a classroom of awed high-school students who can't help but cheer for their science teacher. Nolte is also a revelation, his croaky voice underscoring Paddy's tremendous sadness at having alienated both of his sons. Despite all of the movie's thrilling MMA sequences, this is ultimately a poignant family drama where it's brotherly love, not millions of dollars, that's at stake.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about the film's violence . How does the mixed martial arts (MMA) style of fighting compare to straight boxing or professional wresting? Which is more violent?

How does the movie portray father-son relationships? Is the father a sympathetic character or a pathetic one? Do his sons come off as justified in their treatment of him?

Tommy and Brendan aren't typical movie brothers. How do they differ from other competitive brothers? Which brother is more likable -- the champion or the underdog?

Brendan is a beloved high-school science teacher. Is his relationship with his students believable? Would you root for a teacher in a similar situation?

Movie Details

• In theaters : September 9, 2011
• On DVD or streaming : December 20, 2011
• Cast : Joel Edgerton , Nick Nolte , Tom Hardy
• Director : Gavin O'Connor
• Studio : Lionsgate
• Genre : Drama
• Topics : Sports and Martial Arts
• Run time : 139 minutes
• MPAA rating : PG-13
• MPAA explanation : sequences of intense mixed-martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material
• Last updated : June 20, 2023

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We want them both to win

“Warrior” is a fight picture that arrives with perfect logic at a climax involving not one but three key bouts, and we forgive the coincidence that provides not one protagonist but two. The screenplay uses these devices to combine the structure of a rags-to-riches fighting story not unlike “ Rocky ” with the rich, seamy drama of a troubled family.

In an hour of scenes that establish them separately, we meet two brothers, Brendan and Tommy Conlon ( Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy ). Brendan is a high school science teacher, married with children. Tommy is a Marine who served in the Middle East. They were wrestlers or boxers in high school, trained by their father, Paddy ( Nick Nolte ). Now the circumstances of life, however, bring them independently to the same decision: They need to fight to make a living.

Once this premise is clear, it is as certain as night follows day that Brendan and Tommy will meet in the ring for the championship. That accounts for the three climactic rounds, because each has to advance through a semifinal. What is intriguing is that “Warrior” doesn’t have a favorite. We understand and like both characters, and so does the film. Director and co-writer Gavin O'Connor arrives at that standoff by playing fair: Both have motives, they are long estranged after an unhappy split in childhood, and in some ways, they hate each other.

When their mother left their alcoholic father, it was Tommy who went with her to California and watched her die. It was Brendan who stayed with his dad. When we meet Paddy in the film, he is approaching Day 1,000 of sobriety after a lifetime of drinking, and embodies, as only Nick Nolte can, the shaggy, weathered heroism of a man who is trying one more time to pull himself together.

Tommy always blamed Paddy for abandoning his mother, although it wasn’t that simple. Now he turns up in South Philadelphia after many years, fresh from the war, keeping a secret. He asks the old man to be his trainer for a mixed martial arts championship. Neither one has the slightest idea Brendan might be involved. Meanwhile, Brendan faces foreclosure on his house, but when he wins the purse at a low-level MMA fight held in a tent in a parking lot, things get worse because he’s fired from his job.

Mixed martial arts is a sport that perplexes me. I never quite understand how any of the fighters stay conscious for even one round. Hitting, butting, kicking, tripping and slamming are all part of the game, and I may be naive, but it all looks real to me. The punishment the fighters take is so severe that it strains credulity that the final matches are held during such a small time frame.

The fight scenes are choreographed and filmed with great energy and probably too much queasy-cam. Although the fighters must duck and weave, why must the camera? Various subplots, including Paddy’s, Brendan’s wife ( Jennifer Morrison ) and his trainer ( Frank Grillo ), are intercut with the action, and although Gavin O’Connor is not shy about exploiting action, he uses the full force of strong characters to give it more meaning than action alone could supply.

This is a rare fight movie in which we don’t want to see either fighter lose. That brings such complexity to the final showdown that hardly anything could top it — but something does, and “Warrior” earns it.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

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• Maximiliano Hernandez as Colt
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Warrior: film review.

Director Gavin O'Connor's emotionally raw family drama stars Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte.

By Kirk Honeycutt

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With a fractured nuclear family that Eugene O’Neill would embrace and electrifying fight scenes in the not-quite-mainstream sport of mixed martial arts, Gavin O’Connor ’s Warrior makes for a sturdy, visceral entertainment. It’s a long movie that feels short: It grabs you in early scenes, intense though low-key before all hell breaks loose, then keeps you riveted to its mostly male characters — a father, two sons, a trainer and, yes, a wife who gets left out of key decisions — as members of a blue-collar family head for a winner-takes-all tournament in Atlantic City.

Each role is a meaty one for the movie’s highly watchable actors while O’Connor’s crew, especially cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi and no less than four editors, has carefully constructed an atmosphere in which the implausible might flourish.

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Superior to last year lionized The Fighter , Warrior may go several rounds starting in early September. Lionsgate needs to put some muscle into its marketing campaign though, and word of mouth will have to energize the fight film’s male demographic.

O’Connor, who previously helmed the sports movie Miracle , about the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, and Pride and Glory , a multi-generational police family saga, more or less combines these themes within two sets of highly contrasted worlds. There is the darkly shot, working-class neighborhoods of Pittsburgh where a despised pater familias , Paddy Conlon ( Nick Nolte ), sober for nearly 1,000 days following a lifetime of drunken abuse, hangs out, and the sunny suburbs where his high school teacher-son, Brendan ( Joel Edgerton ), lives with his wife Tess ( Jennifer Morrison ) and two youngsters.

A further contrast comes from that city’s sweaty, dirty gyms and a temporary tent in a strip joint parking lot where local punks beat each other into raw meat versus a “World Series” of mixed martial arts staged within the neon glitz of Atlantic City.

The movie begins in Pittsburgh where a wary ceasefire between Paddy and his son’s family, with everyone refusing to acknowledge the other’s existence, gets disrupted by the abrupt re-appearance of Brendan’s brother, Tommy ( Tom Hardy ). He is a ghost from the dead as no one has seen him in 14 years.

A back story gradually materializes: Neither brother could stand their dad but Tommy chose to head west with their mother, where she died a painful death from cancer, while Brendan opted to stay in Pittsburgh to be near his sweetheart, whom he eventually married.

Tommy resents his brother’s “betrayal” almost as much as he does his father’s abuse but, oddly, it’s his father he chooses to look up: Once a talented amateur wrestler trained by his dad, Tommy wants the old man to train him once again so he can enter the mixed martial-arts event.

In a coincidence, of which the film abounds, Brendan also wants to enter that contest as his house is headed for foreclosure and he sees no other option. So the brothers are on a collision course, and the film blithely assumes one can willy-nilly enter this contest despite having no recent experience.

A video showing Tommy taking apart a champion while sparing gets posted on the Internet, which partially explains why Tommy is able to enter the tournament. This is the same video that leads to the revelation of Tommy’s heroic rescue of fellow Marines while stationed in Iraq, which makes this dark-horse combatant a popular favorite.

O’Connor and fellow writers Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman concentrate on their characters, giving you enough information but leaving plenty of room for these most capable actors to fill in the idiosyncratic derails.

Surly and brooding about wrongs, real and imagined, Hardy’s thickly muscled, highly tattooed ex-soldier is a ticking bomb. Emotionally, he is in a permanent fighter’s crouch, in constant vigilance for the next punch fate will throw his way while looking to do damage to any and all foes.

Edgerton is a more nuanced character. Backed into a corner financially, he has no choice, or at least thinks he doesn’t, but to fight. His childhood has taught him the need of a strong family so he pores his affection and devotion into his own. Yet, shades of his dad, his decision to re-enter the ring is a selfish one that he shares with his wife only after he’s made it.

Like many ex-alkies, Nolte’s Paddy wraps himself in blandness as a kind of disguise. He’s hiding from his former self, even to the point that Tommy says, more than once, he prefers the drunk to this dull and weak person.

The “normal” characters in the screenplay help to balance the three Old Testament types. This would include Frank Grillo , who plays Brendan’s trainer, dubious about his client but too much of a friend to say no, and Morrison as the wife whom the script shortchanges. The voice of reason is too muted here.

For the footage of extended fights over a two-day tournament, whether shooting from the rafters or up close in the feral ring itself, Takayanagi’s cameras dart and weave just like fighters. Sometimes they may even miss a punch and instead come to rest on an anxious corner man or a screaming face in the crowd. The excitement of these matches is brilliantly captured, almost horrifyingly so. Did a chiropractor invent this sport? Being slammed on your back or neck repeatedly is a tough way to earn a buck — or even five million.

For an “entertainment,” Warrior accomplishes a lot. The family drama resonates strongly with a resolution that, in retrospect, seems like the only way the brothers could have rediscovered blood ties. Meanwhile their fights are downright compelling. Instead of interrupting the drama, the story continues in the ring as the two fighters drag a lifetime of emotional torment in with them. They’re fighting their demons as much as their opponents. Warrior is one of the few fight films in which winning or losing is not the key factor.

Opens: Friday, Sept. 9 (Lionsgate) Production companies: Lionsgate and Mimran Schur Pictures present a Lionsgate / Mimran Schur Pictures, Solaris Entertainment and Filmtribe production. Cast: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, Nick Nolte, Denzel Whitaker, Bryan Callen, Kevin Dunn Director: Gavin O’Connor Screenwriters: Gavin O’Connor, Anthony Tambakis, Cliff Dorfman Story by: Gavin O’Connor, Cliff Dorfman Producer: Gavin O’Connor, Greg O’Connor Executive producer: Michael Paseornek, Lisa Ellzey, David Mimran, Jordan Schur, John J. Kelly Director of photography: Masanobu Takayanagi Production designer: Don Leigh Music: Mark Isham Costume designer: Abigail Murray Editor: John Gilroy, Sean Albertson, Matt Cheesé, Aaron Marshall PG-13 rating, 139 minutes

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An improbably effective and affecting mix of raw emotions and exciting smackdowns.

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An improbably effective and affecting mix of raw emotions and exciting smackdowns, “ Warrior ” shapes up as a pic with the potential to appeal to critics and audiences alike. Lionsgate faces the formidable challenge of convincing potential ticketbuyers that there’s as much heart and soul as blood and thunder in this sharply observed drama involving long-estranged brothers destined to compete in a high-stakes, winner-take-all mixed martial arts tournament. But savvy marketing — along with upbeat reviews and word-of-mouth raves — could push the pic toward scoring a four-quadrant knockout.

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Working from a script he co-wrote with Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman, helmer Gavin O’Connor (who dealt with the slightly less violent sport of hockey in 2004’s “Miracle”) spends much of the first hour methodically revealing backstories and defining current circumstances for the three lead characters, interrupting the drama every so often for a scene in which a character kicks, punches or otherwise pummels someone else in a MMA -style match-up. During the early going, however, there’s appreciably more attention paid to action outside the ring.

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An Iraq War veteran, Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) returns home to Philadelphia after a 14-year absence and pays a surprise visit to his dad, Paddy (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic who’s anxiously approaching his thousandth day of sobriety. It’s not exactly a warm reunion: Tommy, wielding scorn and sarcasm like blunt instruments, all too vividly recalls having to go on the run with his now-deceased mom years earlier to escape Paddy’s booze-fueled brutality. But even back in the bad old days, Paddy was an adept wrestling coach, and Tommy benefited from his tutelage. Now the prodigal son wants his father to help him prepare for Sparta, an MMA event with a $5 million purse.

Paddy, deeply ashamed of past sins and desperate to reconnect with Tommy, agrees to be his son’s trainer, stoically accepting Tommy’s repeated recriminations and humiliations as a kind of penance.

Even as father and son get ready to rumble, however, Tommy’s older brother, Brendan (Joel Edgerton), begins his own journey to Sparta. Brendan, who put aside many of his dreams when Tommy and their mom departed, also seeks aid from a former mentor — an MMA trainer (Frank Grillo) who uses Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as an unlikely practice tool — after the discovery that he’s been participating in underground bouts gets him suspended from his high-school teaching job.

O’Connor adroitly sustains an air of kitchen-sink realism throughout the first half of “Warrior,” precisely and persuasively describing the socioeconomic specifics of his characters’ day-to-day lives. More importantly, O’Connor elicits such powerful performances from his three leads — and gets such first-rate work from supporting players Grillo and Jennifer Morrison, playing Brendan’s childhood sweetheart — that he keeps the drama grippingly focused despite the fuzziness of a few plot details.

Occasionally recalling the bruised and brooding virility of a young Marlon Brando, Hardy is arrestingly intense as Tommy, by turns implosive and explosive as he alternates between guilt and rage, savagery and self-loathing. In perfect counterpoint, Edgerton winningly portrays Brendan as a sensitive and passionate man who must dredge up inner furies — and feed on mounting desperation — to emerge victorious in his MMA battles.

To their considerable credit, O’Connor and his co-scripters generate virtually equal sympathy for each brother, coming up with an emotionally and dramatically satisfying payoff for their climactic cage match.

Nolte’s heartfelt and fearless performance as the anguished Paddy — a man whose self-abnegation is such that he no longer feels entitled to express anger — ranks with the veteran actor’s finest work. Still, some auds may feel frustrated by the pic’s evasiveness after planting strong hints (most notably, Paddy’s obsessive interest in “Moby Dick”) that the character may be haunted by even worse sins in his past.

Most of the second half of “Warrior” is devoted to the Sparta tournament in an aggressively gaudy Atlantic City, as the mano-a-mano mayhem threatens to overshadow the dramatic interactions between the bouts. (Just how extreme are these battles? According to the credits, even the stunt doubles required a double.) Lenser Masanobu Takayanagi joins forces with editors John Gilroy, Sean Albertson, Matt Chesse and Aaron Marshall to make the fight scenes — skillfully choreographed by JJ “Loco” Perry — more than believable enough to make viewers wince or cheer exactly when they’re supposed to.

But the production values are every bit as impressive during the deliberately drab and dreary scenes in Philadelphia. That’s where “Warrior” patiently lays the groundwork for its consistently compelling narrative, preparing auds for an ending that just might move some strong men to tears.

• Production: A Lionsgate release presented with Mimran Schur Pictures of a Lionsgate/Mimran Schur Pictures production in association with Solaris Entertainment and Filmtribe. Produced by Gavin O'Connor, Greg O'Connor. Executive producers, Michael Paseornek, Lisa Ellzey, David Mimran, Jordan Schur, John J. Kelly. Co-producers, Anthony Tambakis, Jamie Marshall, Josh Fagin. Directed by Gavin O'Connor. Screenplay, O'Connor, Anthony Tambakis, Cliff Dorfman; story, O'Connor, Dorfman.
• Crew: Camera (Deluxe color), Masanobu Takayanagi; editors, John Gilroy, Sean Albertson, Matt Chesse, Aaron Marshall; music, Mark Isham; music supervisor, Brian Ross: production designer, Dan Leigh; art director, James Donahue; set decorator, Ron von Blomberg; costume designer, Abigail Murray; sound (Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS), Peter J. Devlin, Glen Trew; re-recording mixers, Gary Summers, Christian P. Minkler; stunt coordinator/fight choreographer, JJ "Loco" Perry; assistant director, Jamie Marshall; casting, Randi Hiller. Reviewed at Edwards Marq*E Stadium 23, Houston, Aug. 3, 2011. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 139 MIN.
• With: Brendan Conlon - Joel Edgerton Tommy Conlon - Tom Hardy Paddy Conlon - Nick Nolte Tess Conlon - Jennifer Morrison Frank Campana - Frank Grillo Principal Zito - Kevin Dunn Colt Boyd - Maximiliano Hernandez Bryan Callen - Himself Sam Sheridan - Himself Pilar Fernandez - Vanessa Martinez Koba - Kurt Angle Pete "Mad Dog" Grimes - Erik Apple

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By A.O. Scott

• Sept. 8, 2011

At one point in “Warrior” we see Brendan Conlon, a high school science teacher, laying down the law — the law of physics that is — for his students. “Force equals mass times acceleration,” he writes on the board. That formula might be of use in thinking this new film from Gavin O’Connor, which grasps the Newtonian principles at the heart of pugilistic melodrama.

“Warrior” takes place in the world of mixed martial arts , and it is appropriately blunt, powerful and relentless, a study of male bodies in sweaty motion and masculine emotions in teary turmoil.

But like the brutal, brawling sport that provides Mr. O’Connor with a backdrop, a storehouse of metaphors and a pretext for staging some viscerally effective fight scenes, “Warrior” possesses surprising poetry and finesse. Which is not to say that it is subtle. The director’s impressive technique — and all the grace and discipline of his excellent, hard-working cast — is mustered with a single, unambiguous goal in mind. This movie wants to knock you out. It will.

Brendan (Joel Edgerton) is a dedicated educator and a devoted family man. His students adore him, and so does his wife, Tess (Jennifer Morrison). But Brendan’s roots and his future are entangled in more violent pursuits. He used to be something of a big deal on the mixed martial arts circuit, and now, to make some extra money — and perhaps also to find an outlet for the rage that simmers behind his kindly eyes and gentle grin — he fights for cash in parking lots. As hard as they work, Brendan and Tess have trouble staying afloat. They are, indeed, under water, carrying debt on their modest house in Philadelphia that is much larger than its post-real-estate-bubble value. And one of their children requires expensive medical care.

Meanwhile Tommy (Tom Hardy), Brendan’s estranged younger brother, returns to the modest house in Pittsburgh where they grew up. Years before, Tommy and their mother (whose maiden name he has adopted) fled the boys’ abusive, alcoholic father, Paddy, a wrestling coach played with growling, broken-down grandeur by Nick Nolte. Tommy, a former Marine who served in Iraq, is not looking for reconciliation. He’s looking for a fight, and without forgiving his sobered-up, apologetic dad, he engages the old man’s professional services as he prepares to go into the ring.

Unbeknownst to each other, both Tommy and Brendan — who is coached by an old friend (Frank Grillo) — are training for Sparta, a $5 million, winner-take-all tournament. Every sports movie needs a Big Game, and in Mr. O’Connor’s hands Sparta becomes a frenzied, fleshy opera: a grand, grunting, assaultive spectacle of redemption and revenge.

Tommy’s style of fighting recalls that of the young, unbeatable Mike Tyson. He attacks with a combination of speed and strength that turns an opponent’s bravado into fear in a matter of seconds. Brendan relies more on technical finesse and a capacity to withstand punishment. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Edgerton — an Englishman and an Australian playing a pair of Irish-American he-men — are physically potent actors, but the key to the movie’s effectiveness lies in their ability to convey fragility. These are tough guys, but you can only care about them if you believe that they can break.

At the basic level of plot, what will happen at Sparta is never really in doubt. Though there are other imposing fighters in the Spartan ranks — including a fearsome Russian who recalls (though he does not physically resemble) Dolph Lundgren in “Rocky IV” — it is obvious that the bad brotherly blood between Tommy and Brendan can be expiated only one way, in a final showdown.

Mr. O’Connor, who wrote the “Warrior” screenplay with Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman, knows perfectly well that surprise is not the essence of sports-movie suspense. A few years back he directed “Miracle,” a rousing reconstruction of one of the most celebrated athletic moments in recent history, the 1980 victory of the underdog United States Olympic ice hockey team over its fearsome Soviet rival. It’s not as if knowing the outcome of the real story diminishes that movie’s impact. On the contrary, the sense of inevitability and improbability makes its triumphant finish all the more cathartic.

The engine of inevitability in “Warrior” is not history but fate. Paddy’s constant companion in his lonely, sober old age is an audio-book version of “Moby-Dick.” That novel’s theme of monomaniacal, violent obsession and the Shakespearean cadences of its prose underline what is happening on screen in a way that is only occasionally heavy-handed. (And in any case a good fight picture, like a good fighter, can benefit from a heavy hand.) Brendan, Tommy and Paddy uphold traditional family values — the tradition, that is, of Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, King Lear and the fallen houses of ancient Greek tragedy.

But if there is something primal and archaic in Mr. O’Connor’s fable of fathers and sons, he nonetheless grounds it in the painful realities of contemporary America. With arresting honesty and enormous compassion — but without making a big topical deal out of it — “Warrior” looks at an American working class reeling from the one-two punch of war and recession. Tommy and Brendan are too proud for self-pity, which makes the evident pain of their circumstances all the more affecting.

They fight because every other way of being a man has been compromised, undermined or taken away. Patriarchal authority, as represented by Paddy, is cruel and unbending until it turns sentimental and pathetic. The roads to an honorable life promised by work and military service are mined and muddied by the greed and mendacity of the institutions — government, schools, banks — that are supposed to uphold integrity.

In such conditions stripping down to your shorts and beating another guy senseless can seem not only logical, but also noble. The mock-gladiatorial theatrics of mixed martial arts may look tawdry and overblown, but the sport, perhaps even more than boxing, expresses a deep and authentic impulse to find meaning through the infliction and acceptance of pain. While the Conlon brothers are both fighting for the money, the real stakes are much deeper. Though their climactic confrontation is terrifyingly violent, it is also tender. And the most disarming thing about “Warrior” is that, for all its mayhem, it is a movie about love.

“Warrior” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). A lot of fighting.

Opens on Friday nationwide.

Directed by Gavin O’Connor; written by Mr. O’Connor, Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman, based on a story by Mr. O’Connor and Mr. Dorfman; director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi; edited by John Gilroy, Sean Albertson, Matt Chessé and Aaron Marshall; music by Mark Isham; production design by Dan Leigh; costumes by Abigail Murray; produced by Gavin O’Connor and Greg O’Connor; released by Lionsgate. Running time: 2 hours 19 minutes.

WITH: Joel Edgerton (Brendan), Tom Hardy (Tommy), Jennifer Morrison (Tess), Frank Grillo (Frank Campana) and Nick Nolte (Paddy).

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Movie Review: Warrior (2011)

• Aaron Pinkston
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There’s nothing that makes a grown man cry like a good sports movie. It might be the love of the competition or a nostalgic recapturing of the dreams most young boys have of being a giant sports star with ultimate glory in sight. Boxing films, in particular, have been some of the most successfully tear-jerking films of the kind, from Rocky to The Fighter — there isn’t quite anything like the thrill of one man with his back to the wall, against all competitive, cultural and social odds. Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior is absolutely a sports film, but it’s definitely trying to break new ground; focusing on an unconventional sport isn’t the only way in which it does this.

First, to be successful Warrior had to appeal to hardcore, casual and non-fans of mixed-martial arts (MMA). It does this by keeping the fights intense and exciting. MMA is typically an exciting sport, but not every fight will turn out that way. The film goes to extremes — coming off more like professional wrestling at times — utilizing moves like crazy suplexes and powerbomb slams that are very rarely seen in a real MMA battle. That’s not to say that dedicated fans of the sport (of which I consider myself one) will just roll their eyes at the presentation, because the form is pretty true — without getting too technical, you see a good display of kimuras, armbars and kneebars, too.

But the presentation of the sport isn’t where they have struck gold; it’s with the emotion they are able to give within the fights. Obviously, when two highly-skilled athletes get inside of a cage there is always going to be a lot of passion and pride, but the way the film is able to express itself and drive emotional plot lines forward during fights is something I have never seen before. Warrior somehow manages to easily stride past last year’s darling The Fighter when it comes to the relevance of the fights. By the time we’ve reached the championship round, a number of swirling conflicts come to a head, and what better way to wrap up emotional wars than with a physical one?

We know from the trailer of the film that the two brothers fight for the championship — some may call that a spoiler, but the film still has the added element that we don’t know who wins. And unlike many sports movies where we know that the good guy(s) will triumph over the villainous opponent, we have a rooting interest in both competitors. Even though the movie uses standard tropes to seemingly “favor” one man over the other, director Gavin O’Connor sets different perspectives that allow the viewer to find favor in either brother. Of course, with all the emotional buildup between these two fighters throughout, it doesn’t really matter who actually wins the fight, and that point is driven perfectly by the end of the film.

It can’t go unsaid that this film wouldn’t work without the three lead actors, Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. The characters certainly fill familiar roles, but there is more truth to these characters than the typical film. Although these are showy roles, none of them give showy performances, especially Nolte, who seems to be going into a very quiet, painful, personal place to allow his former drunk, abusive father to come to life. Hardy is particularly good inside of the cage during the fight scenes, showing so much with just his body language. Edgerton may be the least known of the three actors, but he may give the best performance as the exceptionally likeable physics teacher who is looking for one last chance at success. Even though he is the cleanest morally, the script and the performance do well to not make him perfect.

I don’t know if Warrior is the “best” film I’ve seen this year, but I haven’t responded to a film like this in a long, long time. It wasn’t just me — this was a crowd-pleaser through-and-through (I think there were at least four moments when my theater literally erupted in cheers). Whether or not you’re a fan of mixed martial arts, you’ll find yourself wrapped up in the defined characters and their relatable problems. You may cry for them, but you’ll also end up cheering.

Aaron Pinkston is a former student, current writer and film podcaster from Chicago, Illinois.

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'Movie Review: Warrior (2011)' have 4 comments

September 7, 2011 @ 4:03 pm Ziarre

Great flick. A lot of the guys in the audience were trying to hold back tears (like me)

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September 9, 2011 @ 7:22 am Darwin

Best movie of the year.

September 10, 2011 @ 6:23 am Woorly

I couldn’t have said it better. Good review pinkston.

September 21, 2011 @ 2:32 am NeverTooEarlyMP

I agree that the emotional aspects of this film is where it really shines. Each man clearly had his own demons that he was trying to overcome.

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Warrior Reviews

These stars deliver the goods in abundance, even if audiences must suffer through some obligatory training montages to get it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 8, 2023

The MMA action is bone-jarring and brutal and you can feel each punch and kick. But at it’s core this is a brilliant and heartfelt character study brought to life by some strong acting and a rock solid script.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

The journey the characters take to get there sucks you in and melts the inherent predictability away.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 8, 2022

While most would simply write off a movie about two brothers fighting for a cash prize in an MMA tournament as direct-to-DVD piffle, Warrior pummels any negative expectations by putting on a gut-wrenching thumper of a show.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2022

Through a few powerhouse performances, Warrior shows how tough it is to break the strong family bond even when family members are estranged.

Full Review | Sep 9, 2021

A hidden gem. One of the greatest sports films of all time. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 2, 2021

Instead of one person's journey to redemption, you have a pair of brothers. Two underdog stories for the price of one.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 5, 2020

The film is a triumph if you can get past the premise. I did. And I feel I'm the better for it. I genuinely hope you can get past the stretch of a premise, too...

Full Review | Apr 1, 2020

A great movie about family... forgiveness and how we reinvent ourselves.

Full Review | Jun 28, 2019

Warrior has the occasional cheesiness that often comes with the underdog-fighter-film territory. However, it also has actors who believe in their characters and filmmakers who believe in their fights, a combination that makes it worth seeing.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 8, 2019

Edgerton and Hardy both deliver performances worthy of such immediate and unfettered adoration, bulking up characters that must've been thin on the page with an authentic grit that allows for a little movie star charisma to sneak in.

Full Review | Jan 9, 2019

Warrior does an excellent job... of exploring what men want and expect out of family life. And its stars do an even better job of bringing those needs to life.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 8, 2019

With lesser actors involved, this could have been an average yet entertaining sports movie. However, the cast of heavyweights just about mange to redeem the faults in the narrative.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2018

Warrior has two Rocky's. Tommy and Brendan are well written and well-rounded movie characters... whom the audience is rooting for in equal but different ways.

Full Review | Nov 2, 2018

The intense fighting takes the sappiness out of what turns out to be a very moving film.

Full Review | Mar 22, 2018

There's very little in this film that you haven't already seen in other boxing films, but O'Connor and his cast and crew really put together a sports drama that's every bit as gripping as Rocky, and they manage to do so within the bounds of a PG-13 film.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jan 16, 2018

'Warrior' is secondarily a movie about the world's fastest growing sport, MMA. If you like the fight game, this movie will have you yelling and jumping out of your seat.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 15, 2016

When most popcorn flicks wear their preposterousness on their sleeve, here's a rare one that can, even should convince you it's smart, heartfelt, real-world-grounded entertainment while still requiring a massive suspension of disbelief.

Full Review | Mar 30, 2016

A movie that engages the viewer and gets his heart racing. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Mar 16, 2016

"Warrior" is basically an action flick for chicks. You would not believe the amount of melodrama.

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Warrior Parent Guide

Chokeholds, knockouts and body slams aside, this story has far more depth than the title suggests..

Strapped for cash, former marine Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) decides to enter a mixed martial arts tournament. His best chance for a win is a good coach, so he turns to his father (Nick Nolte), even though he has an alcoholic past. And the competition will also put him in the ring with his estranged brother (Joel Edgerton).

Release date September 9, 2011

Run Time: 141 minutes

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The guide to our grades, parent movie review by kerry bennett.

After watching Warrior, I know, as Oprah would say, two things for sure. First there is nothing I like about a sport that has to be fought in a cage, that begins each round with the cry "go to war" and that seemingly appeals to the very basest of human instincts. (I say human because animals don’t pulverize one another for the sake of entertainment.)

The second is that people can change—repent, in the religious vernacular. But a change of heart doesn’t mean the consequences for past decisions and actions are negated. Paddy Conlon (Nick Nolte), a reformed drunkard, has found God. However, his family is still lost. The memories of abuse, neglect and inebriated outbursts haven’t vanished from his sons’ minds. And their abrasive reactions to their sober father are understandable though dispiriting. (Aging tough guy Nick Nolte makes this more poignant by capturing the fragility and remorse of an old man who wants to atone for his mistakes but doesn’t know how.)

Brendan Conlon (Joel Edgerton), a former fighter, is one who hopes to spar for the big prize money in the upcoming world-class competition. He left the ring several years ago to raise two daughters with his wife Tess (Jennifer Morrison). Now financial setbacks plague the high school physics teacher. To stretch the household budget, Tess works night shifts as a waitress and Brendan applies for a second job as a bar bouncer. But the $9.00 an hour salary doesn’t do much to cover the huge debts the family incurred over their youngest girl’s heart problems. Neither does it appease their banker (Noah Emmerich) who is drawing up the papers for foreclosure on their home.

Ex-Marine Tom Riordan (Tom Hardy) is in training for the event as well. He comes to the gym with a chip on this shoulder the size of an army tank. He’s glowering, volatile and addicted to prescription drugs that he washes down with alcohol. He also harbors a secret from his past. But all that rage bottled up inside makes him a threatening opponent when he lumbers onto the mat.

Many viewers will come to Warrior for the mixed martial arts scenes, and there are plenty of brutal encounters reminiscent of Roman gladiators who fought to the death. Others will be drawn to the story of wounded lives and fractured families. While it is difficult to recommend a film glorifying actions that would be condemned on the street, Warrior does offer adults and the oldest of teens a sobering look at the aftermath of poor personal decisions.

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Why is Warrior rated PG-13? Warrior is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material

Violence: Characters engage in tough training schedules. Frequent fighting scenes include brutal hits, body slams, head battering and cheap shots. Characters are knocked out and choked until unconscious. Characters talk about a man’s abusive behavior in the past and the painful death of a woman. A man lies to his wife. Soldiers are shown under fire in Iraq. One man deserts his unit. A soldier’s death is discussed. Characters posture and exchange smack talk.

Sexual Content: A couple exchange mild sexual comments. They later kiss. A woman wears only a t-shirt and panties. Other characters are seen in tight-fitting or skimpy outfits. A fight is set up in the parking lot of a strip bar.

Language: The script contains crude anatomical terms, frequent vulgarities, scatological slang, profanities and an extreme sexual expletive.

Alcohol / Drug Use: Characters light cigarettes outside an AA meeting. Smoking is portrayed frequently. A man takes prescription pills with alcohol. Characters discuss a man’s past alcohol addictions. A man drinks while watching a fight. Another character goes on a drinking binge and is shown in an inebriated state.

Other: Many characters are heavily tattooed including one man who has his entire head and face inked. A bank manager refuses to accept any responsibility for his part in a family’s debt problems. Characters post pictures of fights on the Internet. A character makes disparaging remarks about another man’s reformations.

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Warrior Parents' Guide

Why is posturing and smack talk (a sports term for trash talk used to rile up the opponent) so important for the fighters in the sport? What is the purpose of it?

What kind of risk does Brendan’s friend take when he agrees to train the former fighter? How does he exemplify faith and friendship? How would a loss have affected the trainer’s reputation?

What does Paddy mean when he says the members of his family are all lost? How does his obsession with alcohol relate to Captain Ahab’s obsession with the whale in Moby Dick ( the book that Paddy is listening to on tape)? What role does forgiveness play in this family? Why does Paddy seem satisfied at the end of the movie?

The most recent home video release of Warrior movie is December 20, 2011. Here are some details…

Home Video Notes: Warrior

Release Date: 20 December 2011

Warrior release to DVD and Blu-ray with the following bonus extras:

- Enhanced Viewing Mode for the feature film

- Audio commentary

- Making-of documentary

- Deleted scene

- MMA strategy feature

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Fist-to-fist competitions also draw contenders in the movies Rocky and The Karate Kid . Another wife fears for her husband’s safety when he returns to the boxing ring in the movie Cinderella Man . An alcoholic father troubles an athlete in Hoosiers . The writer/director of this movie worked on the hockey film Miracle as well.

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Warrior’ On Netflix, Which Brings Bruce Lee’s Story Of Post Civil War Tong Battles To Life

Where to stream:, warrior (2019), new shows and movies to watch this weekend: ‘oppenheimer’ on peacock, hulu’s ‘life & beth’ + more, new shows & movies to watch this weekend: ‘the witcher’ season 3 + more, stream it or skip it: ‘warrior’ season 3 on max, the return of the gritty 19th century action saga that started on cinemax.

After The Green Hornet was canceled and before he left to become a superstar in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee wrote a treatment for a show about the Tong Wars in San Francisco in the 1870s. It was found after his untimely death in 1973. Forty-six years later, that treatment was finally made into a series, landing in the hands of action kings Jason Lin and Jonathan Tropper. The result is Warrior , the first two seasons of which originally aired on Cinemax — Season 3 aired on Max — before landing on Netflix in February 2024. Does it honor Lee’s vision?

WARRIOR : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

Opening Shot: A man looks at a drawing of a girl right before he leaves the hull of the ship he was on. “San Francisco, 1878.”

The Gist: Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) has come from China to San Francisco like many immigrants from his country did in that era; to be cheap labor for wealthy businessmen. But he’s not the average “onion,” the pejorative name for these immigrants; he’s there on a mission. Oh, and he speaks English, the product of having an American grandfather. Oh, and he kicks major ass, as we see when he dispatches three belligerent cops looking for immigration papers. Chao (Hoon Lee), a fixer for Chinatown’s gangs (aka tongs), sees this and takes Ah Sahm to the Hop Wei tong, offering him to its leader, Father Jun (Perry Yung).

While Ah Sahm isn’t your standard tong toady — Father Jun has to admonish him for not bowing to him before he leaves — his abilities impress Jun’s son Young Jun (Jason Tobin), who takes him to a brothel run by Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng). When he asks Ah Toy about the wearabouts of the girl he’s seeking, word gets back to the members of the rival tong. After he dispatches their thugs, he’s branded as a loyal member of Hop Wei.

Meanwhile, a brewing battle is happening between Irish laborers and the Chinese immigrants who take their jobs. After an incident where two Chinese men are killed, Sargent “Big Bill” O’Hara (Kieran Bew) is tasked by Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood), deputy to Mayor Samuel Blaks (Christian McKay), to lead a Chinatown squad. It’s an assignment that he takes reluctantly, but one of the people he chooses for the task force, Georgia-born rookie officer Richard Henry Lee (Tom Weston-Jones), who stopped the attack, wants to be there.

Ah Sahm finds the woman he’s looking for, who turns out to be his sister. She came west two years before to escape her violent husband; now she’s Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), wife of rival tong leader Long Zii (Henry Yuk), who sees that their fragile piece with Hop Wei over the opium trade in Chinatown is about to collapse.

Our Take: Warrior , based on writings about the Tong Wars by none other than Bruce Lee, was co-created by Justin Lin ( Star Trek Beyond ) and Jonathan Tropper ( Banshee ) (Lee’s daughter Shannon is also an EP), so you expect a lot of action. And the fighting scenes are pretty action-packed; there are three significant scenes in the one-hour first episode, all pretty compact. It’s the rest of the first episode that’s got some issues.

We do get Lin and Tropper’s desire to make the show accessible despite being a period piece; they’re not interested in making Warrior into The Knick or The Alienist , so they resort to more modern language, especially when he’s interpreting the Cantonese the folks in Chinatown use with each other into English. Let’s just say it’s not the Queen’s English, full of f-bombs and a colloquialism for a woman’s body part we’re pretty sure wasn’t prevalent back in the 1870s. But the Chinatown portion of the show more or less plays out like a high-quality martial arts film, so the stylistic choices there can be forgiven a bit.

But we’re not sure why Tropper and Lin have decided to cram in so many storylines into the first episode. Watch the opening credits to Warrior and the cast list just goes on forever, and in the first episode, it seems like they’re serving all of those characters with their own storylines, sacrificing time for the most interesting story, which is the Tong Wars in San Francisco, as well as Ah Sahm’s encounter with his sister. We’ve seen more than enough mustachioed, racist and corrupt cops with Irish brogues to keep us happy, so we’re not sure why the story of O’Hara and his Chinatown squad even exists. It just takes away from the fun that is the Chinatown story, and it feels like the creators are forcibly merging a fun martial arts action series with a serious Peak TV period drama.

Sex and Skin: Lots of nudity: Young Jun is in a threesome at the brothel when the rival tong’s thugs bust into the room; the mayor’s new wife Penelope (Joanna Vanderham) disrobes in front of him, but he seems uninterested; we find out later he has his own sexual proclivities. Ah Sahm sleeps with Ah Toy, who we find out also has a side gig that’s amazingly more interesting than being a madam.

Parting Shot: Ah Sahm, ready to do battle to get his sister back, practices moves in his room.

Sleeper Star: We liked Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy, who is both book and street smart, and as we see at the end of the first episode, quite adept with a sword.

Most Pilot-y Line: “Son, I don’t understand a word you said, but I like the way you said it. You’re hired” O’Hara to Lee after Lee brushes off a fellow officer who threatens him simply because he’s from the South.

Our Call: SKIP IT. There’s too much going on in Warrior to enjoy it for what it should be, which is a fun and not-that-heavy martial arts action series.

Joel Keller ( @joelkeller ) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, VanityFair.com, Playboy.com, Fast Company’s Co.Create and elsewhere.

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Dr. Satya (Ram Pothineni) works at Kurnool government hospital, cross paths with the local don Guru (AdiPinisetty) . Vexed with the inactive police officers who afraid to take on Guru, Dr. Satya himself becomes IPS officer. Satya is posted to Kurnool as DSP, confronts with the menacing Guru. Rest of the story deals with the Satya, Guru’s actions to counter each other

Expectations are moderate to above the average on this film due to HIT audio. First one hour of the movie is fast-paced despite being a regular story. The director Linguswamy shows his strength dealing with mass elements mainly highlighting the villainy. Mass scenes offer some freshness from shot making perspective, but the honeymoon period is short lived. When the doctor becomes IPS, the movie goes redundant loops instead of racing up. Writing team had good opportunity to elevate the movie further as the foundation in first half was setup for the Satya Vs Guru war in second half. However, the film turns predictable and unappealing confrontation scenes spoil second half

Ram as a doctor looked innocent, and equally good as IPS officer.KrithiSetty as RJ Mahalakshmi looks wise is just okay. Color Color song is a routine hero introduction song. Audio hit songs “ Bullet Song “ and “whistle song” come in second half , both sets follow same color scheme anddances are good. AadhiPinisetty role is menacing as mafia don Guru. Devisri Prasad background score is not up to the mark. However, the songs are good.

• Ram,Aadhi Performance
• Mass appealing first half
• Three Good Songs
• Predictable story
• Redundant Guru Vs Satya scenes

‘The Warriorr ‘film is a mediocre one. First half of the film works for the masses, second half is not up to the mark.Ram and Aadhi did perform well. Entire movie runs on Satya Vs Guru thread, which turns as the major drawback.

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The Warriorr Review: Loses The Battle

Movie: The Warriorr Rating: 2.5/5 Banner: Srinivasaa Silver Screen Cast: Ram Pothineni, Aadhi Pinishetty, Krithi Shetty, Nadiya, Akshara Gowda, and others Music: Devi Sri Prasad DOP: Sujith Vassudev Dialogues: Sai Madhav Burra Editor: Navin Nooli Production Design: DY Sathya Narayana Presents: Pavan Kumar Producer: Srinivasaa Chitturi  Written and Directed by: N. Lingusamy Release Date: July 14, 2022

One film that has generated the right buzz and hype with its songs and promos in recent times is “The Warriorr”. The “Bullett” song went viral. With Tamil director N Lingusamy helming the film, it has raised curiosity. Has the film lived up to all expectations?

Let’s find out.

Story: Satya (Ram Pothineni), a young doctor in Kurnool, pretty soon understands that rowdy Guru (Aadhi Pinishetty) controls the entire city.

When Satya complains about Guru in a police station, he also comes to know that the police are of little to help to the people here.

When Satya directly confronts Guru, the rowdy beats the doctor to the pulp. Satya’s mother (Nadiya) takes her wounded son to another city. Two years later, Satya is back in the city. This time as an IPS officer!

The rest of the drama is Satya vs Guru. 

Artistes’ Performances: In his career, Ram Pothineni has never played a cop until now. As a doctor turned police officer, he delivers a flawless act. He is in his form. He shows a marked difference between his two avatars - doctor and cop.

Aadhi Pinishetty has delivered a believable act in the role of rowdy Guru.  

Krithi Shetty gets a cute role of Radio Jockey, but her character doesn't add much value to the story. She complements Ram very well with her dance. 

Nadhiya is okay. Brahmaji gets one noticeable scene.

Technical Excellence: Devi Sri Prasad’s music is a huge asset. The catchy songs – “Bullett” and “Whistle” have helped much to the proceedings. Sai Madhav Burra shows his mark in some of the dialogues. The camerawork and the production design and values are decent. 

Highlights: Ram Pothineni’s act as a cop DSP's Songs Krithi Shetty’s kidnap scene

Drawback: Regular story Climax and final scenes Predictable narrative

Analysis Director Lingusamy’s maiden Telugu directorial starring Ram follows the regular theme of action dramas. The story isn't anything new except for Ram being a doctor turned police officer.

The introduction of Aadhi Pinishetty is interesting. For every murder he does, he plants a tree. To prove his murderous acts, the camera zooms on a vast forest. Such sequences have added novelty to an action drama at the start.

The fun romantic drama between the Radio Jockey (Krithi) and the doctor (Ram) in the beginning makes the proceedings watchable. Although the clash between Ram and Aadhi Pinishetty is routine, the early portions hold our attention.

The problem with this predictable storyline is that director Lingusamy has not added any new twist after the interval. It is a plain fight between a hero and a villain.

Everyone knows that hero will win against the villain in the end. So, what’s the thrill? The excitement one needs when two forces clash goes missing here in the second half.

The only highlight in the second half of the film is Krithi Shetty’s kidnap scene. The tense moments are written, acted, and directed terrifically. Barring this, the rest of the film goes on the expected line - the battle between the hero and the villain.

Lingusamy has presented Ram in his fiercest avatar as a cop, but he should have added more masala in the final portions.

The Kurnool backdrop, a rowdy controlling the entire city, a police officer taking on the rowdy… none of these are new to the Telugu audience. Perhaps, director Lingusamy thought a doctor becoming an IPS officer to give treatment to the wounded system might bring newness to the mass genre. It would have been different had he infused some energy in the latter part.

Despite three terrific songs, Ram’s hyperactive performance, and a couple of interesting scenes, the film lacks the ‘fire’ required for such mass entertainers. 

In a nutshell, “The Warriorr” is like Rayalaseema’s famous Ragi Sankati but this Sankati is not served with ‘Kodi koora’ but with sambar or chutney. Hence, the spiciness is missing. It is edible, but not tasty enough.

Bottom line: Not Whistle Worthy

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2 Hrs 35 Mins   |   Action   |   14-07-2022

Cast - Ram Pothineni, Aadhi Pinisetty, Krithi Shetty, Akshara Gowda, Nadhiya and others

Director - N. Lingusamy

Producer - Srinivasa Chitturi

Banner - Srinivasa Silver Screen

Music - Devi Sri Prasad

Ram and Lingusamy’s collaboration for a mass action drama has raised curiosity. While it marks Ram’s debut in Tamil, it also marks Lingusamy’s Telugu debut. This becomes a test for Ram and Lingusamy respectively. Will Ram & Lingusamy prove their mettle. Let’s find out whether they are successful in their mission or not.

What is it about?

Satya MBBS (Ram Pothineni) moves to Kurnool with his mother (Nadhiya) for his house surgeon where he meets RJ Whistle Mahalakshmi (Krithi Shetty). But honest doctor Satya is disturbed by the challenges from local rowdy Guru (Aadhi Pinisetty). He returns to Kurnool as Satya IPS and how he hunts down Guru forms the crux of the story.

Performances Ram is at ease as doctor Satya since he is seen as a soft, handsome and charming guy. When he transforms into DSP Satya he is not in full form. Krithi Shetty is okay as Whistle Mahalakshmi. She is good at songs and romance. Whereas her role is not ended properly and she goes missing in the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist. Aadhi Pinisetty shines in the powerful role of Guru. He dominates with his performance. Nadhiya is alright as a determined and confident mother. But she is typecast for the role. Brahmaji’s plays dishonest police SI Devaraj which is also regular. Ajay’s character as villain’s side-kick is just filler and adds no value to the story. None of the other characters get noticed.

Technicalities Lingusamy picked up a story that is half-baked and fully predictable. While the characterisations of the lead were etched well, the director is clueless over weaving such a powerful story around them. He totally lost his grip on the film after revealing the crucial twist during the film’s interval. Devi Sri Prasad delivered good songs but he failed in giving thumping background music. But the songs placements do spoil the feel. Visuals are appealing, thanks to neat cinematography. The film’s pace struggles.

Villain Characterisation Songs

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Slow & Predictable Screenplay Half-Baked Story & Dialogues Routine Climax

Lingusamy is a talented director who has delivered films like Anandam, Awara, Pandem Kodi and Run. But he had also delivered Pandem Kodi 2, Suriya’s Sikindar (Anjaan) that failed to impress. His latest offering The Warriorr, featuring Ram Pothineni, belongs to the latter. This is yet another disappointment from the seasoned filmmaker. The Warriorr takes off on a regular note where the hero is introduced followed by a song and then the hero shifts from Hyderabad to Kurnool where he meets his love interest (Krithi Shetty). There are some cute moments of romance initially. But they are not enough to take the story forward. The actual story begins when the face-off happens between Satya and Guru. The film’s first half is mostly managed by its treatment and the twist is saved for the interval.

Once the twist is unrevealed, the film turns even predictable. The DSP Satya’s mission is to take revenge on Guru and bring his empire down. After the interval, the film takes a nosedive. The director failed to sustain the interest in the conflict between the hero and villain. It is just a one-upmanship game that doesn’t interest the viewers. The scenes like the kidnapping of heroine and hero-villain track expected to work, but they don’t. The songs in the second half only obstruct the flow of the narration. However, songs may work for masses where Ram and Krithi danced well against nice sets. But the patience of critical audiences are tested here. The film is filled with scenes that are already seen in several old mass films.

The investigation of Dean Robert’s murder is also disappointing even after DSP Satya possessing a video proof. And the climax is even underwhelming where the hero lets go of such a baddie, guess why? Because he is a doctor at heart. The film also pays tribute to several doctor-police personnel in real-life. It is evident that a seasoned director suffers with second-half syndrome and the film failed at the script development stage itself. Despite good performances and nice songs, they can’t save the film owing to routine story and flat narration. Overall, The Warriorr is a case of ‘operation failed and patient dead’.

Bottom-line: War On Audience!

Rating: 2/5

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Release Date : July 14, 2022

123telugu.com Rating : 3/5

Starring: Ram Pothineni, Krithi Shetty, Aadhi Pinnishetty, Akshara Gowda, Nadhiya

Director: N. Lingusamy

Producer: Srinivasaa Chitturi

Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad

Cinematography : Sujith Vassudev

Editor : Navin Nooli

Star hero, Ram is doing’s back to back mass films and for the first time, he has turned into a cop with his new release ‘The Warriorr’ which has hit the screens today. Let’s see how it is.

Satya(Ram) is a duty-minded doctor who gets posted in the city of Kurnool which is under the rule of a dreaded gangster Guru(Aadhi Pinisetty). He tries to revolt against Guru but fails badly. Left with no choice, Satya changes track and turns into a cop. How did a doctor become a cop? What did he do in his new avatar? That forms the rest of the story?

Plus Points:

The basic transformation of Ram from a doctor to a cop has been showcased quite well. Generally, in any cop film, the logic goes for a toss. But here in The Warriorr, director Linguswamy has made sure that the film does not have over-the-top elements as the scenes flow in a proper manner.

Aadhi Pinisetty is one of the major pillars of the film and he as Guru has killed it with his performance. Be it his look or dialogue delivery, Aadhi is top-notch and dominates Ram in the first half. Nadia as Ram’s mother is decent in her role.

The climax fight between Ram and Aadhi has been executed well. Krithi Shetty looks pretty and sizzles in the songs. Brahmaji is also neat in his role and makes some sense in the end. The BGM composed for Aadhi is quite good.

Last but not the least, Ram is quite good in the film. He plays both a doctor and a cop and showcases the difference in his characters quite well. He is subdued in the first half but makes up for it in the latter part with his dances and aggressive performance. The cop role suits him quite well.

Minus Points:

When you take up a cop story, there is nothing much new to showcase content-wise. So, one needs to narrate the film in a gripping manner. Though the first half is written well by Linguswamy, the second half has the same good versus bad storyline.

Lingusamy is known to make action films in a particular style and has done the same with this film. Though the narration is decent, it does not arrest you much with its screenplay. More hero villain elevations should have been added from the first half itself.

Technical Aspects:

Music by DSP is pretty good and the songs have been choreographed quite well. More than the songs, DSP’s BGM is pretty impressive. The production values are pretty good as the camera work nicely captures the Rayalaseema setup.

Coming to the director Linguswamy, he has done a passable job with the film. Though he does not show anything new, he gives the masses what they expect from a cop drama. Credit should go to him for not adding over-the-top and logic-less scenes. He just narrated the film in a routine template without going overboard.

On the whole, The Warriorr is a masala cop drama that has some impressive mass blocks. Ram and Aadhi Pinisetty hold the screen with their impressive act but the story is a bit routine and quite predictable. If you are okay with this aspect and like to attempt a mass film, The Warrior can be happily given a shot at a single screen.

123telugu.com Rating: 3/5

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When Satya raises his voice against Guru, the latter revolts and bashes the former to hell. Satya makes a comeback as a cop to take revenge on Guru and put an end to his crime in Kurnool cit... Read all When Satya raises his voice against Guru, the latter revolts and bashes the former to hell. Satya makes a comeback as a cop to take revenge on Guru and put an end to his crime in Kurnool city. When Satya raises his voice against Guru, the latter revolts and bashes the former to hell. Satya makes a comeback as a cop to take revenge on Guru and put an end to his crime in Kurnool city.

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