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Warrior is story of two estranged brothers,
Tommy (Tom Hardy) and Brendan (Joel Edgerton) who enter a mixed martial
arts tournament and face off against each other in the final. Of course
like The Fighter, which released the year before, it’s about much more
than just the fighting. Warrior follows a very similar narrative arc to
The Fighter, where the family reconcile their differences and redemption
is delivered with a punch in the face and knee to the gut. Nick Nolte
plays Paddy, Tommy and Brendan’s father. A recovering alcoholic and wife
beater, he’s fallen out with his two sons. It’s a story of his
redemption too. Nolte has the perfect face for these sort of roles. One
look at his care worn face, pitted with the scars of battle and age and
he’s totally believable as Paddy. Nolte expertly illuminates the
exhaustion of a man, who knows that his life is one endless string of
regrets. Nolte is very good in the movie, but he’s also in his comfort
zone. In some ways Nolte, with his drug problems and ex-wives, is Paddy.
And I’m not sure if mostly playing yourself deserves a nomination |
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