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Name: Warrior
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Genre: action, drama
Released: 2011
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Rating: 8.1

Warrior has an iRankMovies score of 79.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Warrior (2011)

Family is worth fighting for.

Release:2011

Runtime:2h 20m

Country:United States

Director:Gavin O'Connor

Language:English

Genre

ActionDrama

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Keywords

BankTrainingBeatingMixed Martial Arts MmaTeacherMusclemanCombatAlcoholic

iRank79

Warrior rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.1/10· 526K votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic71%

TMDb7.8/10· 5K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.1/10 on IMDb and 71/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Warrior

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.

Cast of Warrior

Joel Edgerton
as Brendan Conlon
Tom Hardy
as Tommy Conlon
Nick Nolte
as Paddy Conlon
Jennifer Morrison
as Tess Conlon
Frank Grillo
as Frank Campana
Kevin Dunn
as Principal Zito
Maximiliano Hernández
as Colt Boyd
Bryan Callen
as Bryan Callen
Sam Sheridan
as Sam Sheridan
Fernando Chien
as Fenroy
Jake McLaughlin
as Mark Bradford
Vanessa Martinez
as Pilar Fernandez

Warrior facts

Budget: $25M
Box office: $23.3M

Our take on Warrior

Gavin O'Connor's 2011 action drama uses the mixed martial arts cage to tell a story about a fractured family. The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer comes home and is trained by his father for a tournament, a path that steers him toward a reckoning with the estranged older brother he's on a collision course with. The fights are punishing, but the real bouts are emotional: guilt, resentment and the ache for reconciliation. It suits viewers who want a sports film with weight, where the drama hits as hard as the punches, rather than pure spectacle. Bring tolerance for raw feeling and physical intensity.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•MMA tournament provides compelling narrative framework for character arcs
•Gavin O'Connor explores redemption and reconciliation with sincere emotional weight
•Physical performances ground drama in authentic athletic competition tension