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Just like The Fighter I wasn't too thrilled about seeing this movie. I ended up loving The Fighter and, I ended up loving this movie too. Yes this movie is clichéd but, in this case it uses those clichés in such a way where I didn't really mind them, I still cared about all the characters especially Joel Edgerton's character whose the typical "guy down on his luck" type of person. The acting here is powerful but, the three who stick out the most are Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, and Nick Nolte. These three give such powerful and believable performances, I will be so shocked if not one of them are nominated for an Oscar. The movie does start off slow, but it picks up really fast and once it does those two hours and twenty minutes will feel like thirty minutes which is a shame because I didn't want this movie to end. The score for this movie is great, whoever was the composer for this film kudos to them because the music really adds depth to the scenes. This whole movie was terrifically shot especially the fighting scenes, which is a bit shaky but, I understand why the director went for that sort of approach, it works well here. The action here is violent but gripping. Every time one guy threw a punch to the other or kick or slammed the guy into the ground, it's so well shot and edited that I felt their pain, and the vibrations of the sound whenever someone slammed someone else onto the floor sent chills up my spine. I am not a fan of this sport so I knew nothing about it going into this movie and thanks to this movie I learned a few things about it. The script was great, I sometimes couldn't understand what Tom hardy was saying though. The characters are great and I cared about them. The problem was though when the final battle took place I didn't know who to root for? You have the war hero brother who wants the win so he can give the money to his friend who was like a brother to him who died in combat, to his wife, and then you have the other brother who has to win or else his home will be foreclosed because he hasn't been paying his mortgage due to the fact that his daughter had heart problems and they had to worry about her medical bills. To me is was hard but I'm sure most of you will root for the brother who has to win to keep his house. This movie also has lots of heart, and I'm sure for those of you who haven't seen it, it will capture your heart as it did mine even if you're not into this sport or sports movies like me. I mean hell I even cried during some parts in the last 30 minutes. Don't set your expectations extremely high though. mine weren't that high when I went in which is probably why I loved this movie and this is pretty much one of my favorite movies of 2011.
