2011 · drama · sport
Warrior
Directed by Gavin O'Connor2h 20m2011
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Our read: Warrior (2011) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · sport entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warrior counts for a challenge
Sombre, steady, measured drama / sport, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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