Watch this first reaction podcast where Kade & Gray give their movie review of Gavin O’Connor’s film, WARRIOR starring Tom Hardy & Joel Edgerton right after watching it with fresh eyes. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of the CRWN Cinema Podcast!
WARRIOR is about: An estranged family who finds redemption in the unlikeliest of places: the MMA ring. Tommy (Tom Hardy), an ex-Marine with a tragic past, returns home and enlists his father (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic and former wrestling coach, to train him for "Sparta," the biggest MMA tournament ever held. But when Tommy's underdog brother, Brendan (Joel Edgerton), fights his way into the tournament, the two brothers must finally confront each other and the forces that pulled them apart.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Post-Movie Rating & Review
03:31 The greatest embarrassment in sports history
08:57 Why the ending flopped
14:03 "This movie doesn't age well"
16:54 The issue with Brendan's character
19:45 Analyzing why it leaves you unfulfilled
26:59 What the fight scenes lacked
29:24 It's hard to make a bad fighting movie
31:43 The weak and semi-pointless storyline
35:00 Why Tommy's storyline failed in the beginning
36:44 They could've avoided Brendan's boring introduction
39:30 Why the father's character was written very well
42:52 Final thoughts
45:08 Outro