These stars deliver the goods in abundance, even if audiences must suffer through some obligatory training montages to get it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 8, 2023

The MMA action is bone-jarring and brutal and you can feel each punch and kick. But at it’s core this is a brilliant and heartfelt character study brought to life by some strong acting and a rock solid script.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 21, 2022

The journey the characters take to get there sucks you in and melts the inherent predictability away.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 8, 2022

While most would simply write off a movie about two brothers fighting for a cash prize in an MMA tournament as direct-to-DVD piffle, Warrior pummels any negative expectations by putting on a gut-wrenching thumper of a show.

| Feb 9, 2022

Through a few powerhouse performances, Warrior shows how tough it is to break the strong family bond even when family members are estranged.

| Sep 9, 2021

A hidden gem. One of the greatest sports films of all time. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 2, 2021

Instead of one person's journey to redemption, you have a pair of brothers. Two underdog stories for the price of one.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 5, 2020

The film is a triumph if you can get past the premise. I did. And I feel I'm the better for it. I genuinely hope you can get past the stretch of a premise, too...

| Apr 1, 2020

A great movie about family... forgiveness and how we reinvent ourselves.

| Jun 28, 2019

Warrior has the occasional cheesiness that often comes with the underdog-fighter-film territory. However, it also has actors who believe in their characters and filmmakers who believe in their fights, a combination that makes it worth seeing.

| Original Score: B | Feb 8, 2019

Edgerton and Hardy both deliver performances worthy of such immediate and unfettered adoration, bulking up characters that must've been thin on the page with an authentic grit that allows for a little movie star charisma to sneak in.

| Jan 9, 2019

Warrior does an excellent job... of exploring what men want and expect out of family life. And its stars do an even better job of bringing those needs to life.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 8, 2019

With lesser actors involved, this could have been an average yet entertaining sports movie. However, the cast of heavyweights just about mange to redeem the faults in the narrative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2018

Warrior has two Rocky's. Tommy and Brendan are well written and well-rounded movie characters... whom the audience is rooting for in equal but different ways.

| Nov 2, 2018

The intense fighting takes the sappiness out of what turns out to be a very moving film.

| Mar 22, 2018

There's very little in this film that you haven't already seen in other boxing films, but O'Connor and his cast and crew really put together a sports drama that's every bit as gripping as Rocky, and they manage to do so within the bounds of a PG-13 film.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 16, 2018

'Warrior' is secondarily a movie about the world's fastest growing sport, MMA. If you like the fight game, this movie will have you yelling and jumping out of your seat.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 15, 2016

When most popcorn flicks wear their preposterousness on their sleeve, here's a rare one that can, even should convince you it's smart, heartfelt, real-world-grounded entertainment while still requiring a massive suspension of disbelief.

| Mar 30, 2016

A movie that engages the viewer and gets his heart racing. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Mar 16, 2016

"Warrior" is basically an action flick for chicks. You would not believe the amount of melodrama.

| Oct 7, 2015