Embattled

Great movie. People upset about the cliches act like they don't exist for a reason. It's a little over the top and the fighting scenes have too many cuts but this is the most moving film I've watched in a very long time. Reminds me of the fighter.

Underdeveloped characters and a predictable storyline. The idea was promising but there were too many cliches jammed in to make it worthwhile.

Much better than I expected, even with the Connor McGregor + Floyd Mayweather caricature lead excellently played by Dorff, a family drama at the core, overloaded with toxic masculinity and dysfunction. A genuinely good film.

3 out of 5 stars. Strong family sports drama about abuse and overcoming it. Strong family drama. Performances. But boring and dull direction. It does lead to a strong showdown climax.

Stephen Dorff, as a father, is relentlessly furious. Darren Mann, the eldest son, is his opposite. World's collide. Its obvious these men trained hard as they look great in fights, but I don't much understand MMA rules (are there any?). The acting is a bit over-the-top and I didn't believe a few plot points. But if you like the MMA sport, this one is for you.

Starts out with a lot of stereotypes and cliches and, while it does keep those up throughout, the story it tells is somewhat original but not one I'm all that interested in. I mean... the central character is not someone anyone should want to see win and the outcome of the fight does not matter since he gets the big spotlight and payday anyways. Still, as juvenile as the premise was, it did make me a little bit curious to see how it ends. At least it doesn't glorify MMA as the ‘end all, be all' to life, the universe, and everything in between like every other movie on the subject.

Great flick seen it twice now, and it's just as good the second time. Way above that 70% fresh rating

Didn't expect much of this movie, fights are almost realistic (kinda fell that punches are not real). Story is pretty classic. Final fight was intense, especially the end.

I thought it was a really good movie and it showed that Stephen Dorffs character wasn't the horrible abusive father to Jett always. He played a very believable bad guy. I really liked the ending showing what was important.

That was a really good movie.