Text: Dots
Sports-themed movies are not easy to shoot, not only to shoot the feeling of blood in sports, but also to lay a good background for the life of the characters in the story. For example, "Wrestling!" which is a big hit in China! Daddy", or the bloody boxing movie "Warrior" to recommend today.
It is no exaggeration to say that after so many years in the film circle, "Warrior" is one of the excellent sports themes that have been seen a little bit, which is the kind that makes people's blood boil after watching it, and the current Douban score is 8.9, which is better than 80% of sports movies.
There are three protagonists, namely younger brother Tommy, older brother Brandon, and alcoholic father.
As long as dad decides to drink, he will definitely drink until the sky is dark and completely ignore the life and death of his wife and children. Unable to bear it, the wife decided to leave with her two sons and start a new life.
Dad used to be a boxing athlete, and under his influence, Tommy and Brandon were more or less exposed to boxing, the former being very talented and the latter being mediocre.
On leaving, Brandon hesitated. He has a sweet girlfriend and wants his dad to teach him core boxing skills. So Brandon chose to abandon his mother and brother.
Fast forward more than ten years, and both brothers have grown up.
Tommy's life is very unsatisfactory, his mother died of a serious illness and early death, and he has no choice but to go to the barracks. It was hard to meet a brother who could wear the same pair of pants, but the brother was unlucky to die under the gunfire.
In order to make his brother feel at ease, Tommy decided to participate in a boxing match to get a prize money to improve the life of his brother's wife.
On the other hand, his brother Brandon also had a hard time. Although his family is happy, his daughter was born with congenital heart disease.
If you want to treat your daughter better, you must boxing and earn extra money after work. Schools can't tolerate their teachers doing the "violent" work of boxing outside, and feel that the impact on children is not good. In desperation, Brandon also put the idea on the boxing match.
At this time, Dad appeared again.
He chose to quit drinking after his wife was separated, but unfortunately, the damage caused to the child was still there, and Tommy could not reconcile with him. Dad wants to save his life's boxing experience and gives all his life's boxing experience to Tommy, hoping that he will win the game.
The boxing scenes were burning, Tommy and Brandon
Personalities are different, and the way they fight is even more diametrically opposed.
Tommy loves to be fatal with one hit, winning races in the fastest time, and very few people have ever played the first round with him. Brandon is good at being patient, and the technology is not patient enough to make up, focusing on finding the flaws in the tricks to win the game.
The battle between Tommy and Brandon is inevitable, and this coincidence is still necessary to make a movie.
As long as the director does not shoot blood, the vast majority of the audience is willing to watch it.
Brandon would feel guilty that he had abandoned his mother and abandoned his brother.
So, he chose not to fight back. Let Tommy vent his hatred and beat himself to the blood. He didn't want to hurt his brother.
However, if he does not fight back, Brandon will lose his daughter and the house where his wife and daughter can live. The palms of his hands and the backs of his hands are flesh, and he must make a choice.
The counterattack is forced and necessary.
Brandon attacked Tommy and said uncomfortably, "Brother, I love you. "Sensationalism in a tough confrontational plot, which is a little bit unexpected... The reversal can actually be shot like this, and it is shot so appropriately.
Watching the whole film, the most painful thing is Tommy. He is kind and expects the care and love of his loved ones.
On the surface, he didn't care about his father at all, hated him and resented him. In fact, he would hug his drunken father and pat him on the shoulder like a comforting child. My father said, "I really want to quit drinking." ”
Even if his brother didn't resist, Tommy would give up the right to win to his brother, because it was family. In any case, the family blood can never be separated, even if how much hate is better than love!
No matter how fierce the contradictions and unspeakable disappointments in the past, in the end, it is still the family who are willing to protect each other. Shooting such a warm theme in the sports theme, the director's little brain melon can turn really smoothly
In addition, the performances of the film casters are extremely exciting, and the characters are interpreted as real and vivid, flesh and blood!
The actor who plays Tommy is the famous Tom Hardy, and his role as a soldier in "Company of Brothers" and "Black Hawk Down" is very impressive, and he won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor for "Rock", and the villain played in "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" has also been nominated for Best Villain at many film festivals, which is a recognition of his personal acting skills.
Brandon is played by Joel Edgerton, who starred in "The Cardinal" and "Black Mass" and enjoyed high international fame. He also directed a number of works, and his first film, Fatal Gift, was nominated for the Best Newcomer Director Award by the Directors Guild of America.
Playing the role of dad is an old actor Nick Knott, who was nominated for the Oscar for Actor in 1992 for "Prince of the Tide". For his outstanding acting skills in this film, he was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
With the blessing of these acting schools, it is no wonder that this film can get such a high evaluation.
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