I've heard a lot of hype over this movie, and that automatically places this movie in a hole to try to live up to its reputation. Let me tell you it definitely does not disappoint. If your a MMA enthusiast your gonna love the move, if your not your still gonna love the movie. Its kinda what Rocky did, you didn't have to be a boxing fan to enjoy the films.
The movie doesn't follow the typical 'combat sport" path,when usually the protagonist being a no name underdog is fighting their way up to the top. But instead this movie has 2 protagonist, one underdog and the other the clear unstoppable character. The thing about this movie is that your rooting for both of them, there isn't really a clear antagonist. In certain scenes one of the protagonists takes the role of the antagonist but quickly reverts back. The movies does a great job during the fighting scenes, you already know that both them are gonna win, it would be counter intuitive if they didn't, but you were still on the edge of your seat throughout the fight. In the end both the protagonist meet in the final round (it was obvious it was gonna happen!), your torn between them because they both really need to win, oh and did i mention there're brothers?! The last 10 minutes of the film really takes you on an emotional roller coaster, its some of the best fighting scenes I've seen in any movie. There are a couple interesting story arcs that lend well too the movie, they don't seemed forced in anyway just to lengthen the movie.
Overall the movie was a well worth watching, its takes the Rocky movie template to a whole other level of story arcs and twists. I haven't enjoyed watching a sports combat movie this much since the good o'l Jean Cluade Van Damme days! ha
Overall: 8.5/10
-luz
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