Quickie Reveiw: Two brothers, one a soldier wrestling with a secret past and the other a high school physics teacher struggling with his mortgage payments, are both Mixed Martial Artists estranged from each other and from their recovering alcoholic father. When the biggest "one-man-takes-all" purse in MMA tournament history is announced the brothers sign-up for the event, each with his own personal reason. Old familial wounds come to surface as they fight each other physically, mentally and emotionally.
Prediction: Nick Nolte is a heavyweight contender for an Oscar.
I liked it. And the audience liked it. And some gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.
Here are the things that I didn't like about this movie: The hypocrite Principal could have come-up with the excuse that the Teacher was mugged, and the Public School District Superintendent would have been none the wiser for it. The last fight scene is supposedly a "Tear-Jerker". But I didn't shed a tear over it simply because it was just a melodramatic Maudlin Scene "milked" for all that it was worth; in real life, the fight would have ended on a technicality!
After the movie, I went to the Men's Room to empty my overly-full bladder. And I broke my long-standing Bladder-Emptying record of 5 minutes and Something seconds. That personal record stood unchallenged for over 20 years. But at 10:39:40 p.m. ( Sunday, September 25th, 2011 ), I did it for 00:07:35 before I had to squeeze my urethra because some guy came in to use one of the urinals. And I wasn't even done because when I got home I still had "left-overs" for two more toilet breaks. Quick! somebody go call the Guinness Book of World Records! Cine-Man is THE Man!
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