Warrior
Warriors damaged by life are all at all in “Warrior”, a drama portrayed by taking some very good players. If only everything was not as long and that the action did not take precedence over the psychological games.
Two brothers from a family split may well cross swords during a special competition that combines wrestling and boxing. That the turbulent Tommy (Tom Hardy) and Brendan’s father (Joel Edgerton) won top honors at a tournament particularly violent and barbaric?
“The Wrestler” in 2009, “The Fighter” in 2010 and “Warrior” this year? Maybe well. Although the new feature film by Gavin O’Connor (director of disappointing “Pride and Glory” and “Miracle”) is not equal to its two models (too many improbabilities), this did not prevent Captivate despite.
Especially during the first part explores in detail the internal turmoil of his characters. Different individuals reveal many complex layers, which allows the fabric to get them further. The two brothers suffer and their helplessness is palpable, as that of their alcoholic father. Three destinies of beings that would not have disowned Shakespeare, especially since it is an issue of painful past, by the emancipation of blood and sorrow haunting like ghosts, as the war in the family.
Many themes that delight the three main actors. Discovered in the brilliant “Inception”, Tom Hardy is much more than intellectual Channing Tatum. On the contrary, he knows convey emotion through his eyes and the rest of his body, affecting just the most times. More internalized in its approach, Joel Edgerton (memorable in “Animal Kingdom”) made a great impression with his subtle and felt. There’s a risk we often see on the screens. In the center of these two brothers who could have done an excellent comic strip is still boiling Nick Nolte, uncompromising and beautifully nuanced.
The protagonists can not extricate themselves from the quicksands of their existence by the hand which requires, as the title indicates, the fighting. A balance that is usually developed. The clashes are brutal, spectacular, and the stage of vigorous O’Connor does not skimp on the sensitive but a bit too heavy soundtrack by Mark Isham.
Mysteriously, everything is wrong when the long-awaited final tournament begins. The motivations of the characters melting away like snow in the sun, the dialogues developed suddenly become primary interest eventually falter. The tightrope walker from the beginning is replaced by a big brute that is not in subtlety, which leads to settling of fun but interchangeable as far too repetitive and mechanical.
Difficult to understand for which reasons this (too) long story of 2:20 minutes in the grace and ends up to fail in triteness. Fear of not reaching a large audience? Or tremble at the idea that the exchanges of word are ultimately more successful but less “cinematic” than the battles? In all cases, the inner journey of the characters deserved more than this conclusion to the punch. Works such as “Raging Bull”, “Ali” and “The Wrestler” pointed out that it is individuals who are the subject, which was precisely the case with “Warrior” before the fate decides otherwise.
