Redbelt MMA Movie

Mark Hamill

Any one seen this yet? (info on imdb)
I actually have a little hope for this, Never Back Down only got 25% on Rottentomatoes and 39% on Metacritic, while Rebelt has gotten 75% and 71%.
If nothing else, this might mean it has better characters and a better story than Never Back Down.

dunkamania

when is it out?

Roper

It's written and directed by David Mamet. If you're at all familiar with movies and plays you will probably think he's a bit of an odd choice for an MMA movie. He wrote Glengarry Glen Ross for example. Mind you, if there's even half the great lines out of that movie in Red Belt, we're on a winner.

"A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention - Do I have your attention? Interest - Are you interested? I know you are, because it's **** or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision - Have you made your decision for Christ? And Action."
"**** you! That's my name! You know why, mister? 'Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an eighty thousand dollar BMW. That's my ****in name!"

Somehow I doubt it will be like that but we can hope.

vasch_ro

Ibl !!!!!!!:)

RuggieBear

no links to torrents please.

Fozzy

Mamet is a purple belt in BJJ I think, it seems like this is just a film that he's wanted to make for a while from reading an interview with him. Never Back Down seemed like more of an attempt to make money off the popularity of MMA

Just looking through the names that I recognise on IMDB, there's a good few MMA people involved in it

Roper

Fozzy wrote: »

Mamet is a purple belt in BJJ I think, it seems like this is just a film that he's wanted to make for a while from reading an interview with him. Never Back Down seemed like more of an attempt to make money off the popularity of MMA

Just looking through the names that I recognise on IMDB, there's a good few MMA people involved in it

Well there you go then, David Mamet's a purple belt. You just never know eh?

Yeah there's a lot of big names in this one. I cringed at the trailer though.

dunkamania

when is it out

Fozzy

dunkamania wrote: »

when is it out

There's no release date listed for the UK or Ireland, but it's out in some other European countries in August and in the US this month

Zippitydoo

Just finished watching this, still don't really know what to think of it, but thought the competition MMA side to the film was done pretty badly. Anyone else seen it?

Mark Hamill

Zippitydoo wrote: »

Just finished watching this, still don't really know what to think of it, but thought the competition MMA side to the film was done pretty badly. Anyone else seen it?

Actually yes, caught it a while back and actually put up a review in the "film reviews" forum, forgot to post it here so i'll do it now:

Absolute crap of the highest degree. Film alternated between boring/ridiculous. From someone who has actually done BJJ and MMA for the last 5 years I can tell everything it says about the fighting mentality (the coaches "there is always an escape" spiel) is so far off the mark of a real BJJ as to be insulting. The big fight in it (when it finally actually gets to it) is boring, poorly filmed and incredibily unrealistic.
Storywise, it was pathethic. Characters doing things that make no logical sense in the real world, or in the crazy one in the film. The main charcter being as thick as two short planks. The ending was the most idiotic thing I have ever seen (and I watched 10 mins of "Meet The Spartans"!).
This could possibly be the worst MMA film since "Cradle 2 the Grave".

0/10

pablohoney87

Only really worth the cameo from enson inoue though.

Zippitydoo

Good acting I thought- and writing, as Mamet's style takes some getting used to but I like it, but the fighting side to it was ridiculous yeah. Over the top traditions, terrible fight scene, and can you imagine a fighter agreeing to a competition fight, knowing that there is a possibility of being blind folded for it! :rolleyes:

muckwarrior

Yeah I watched this a couple of months ago and was really disappointed. It tries hard not to be like Never back down and that kinda crap but in the end just turns out to be boring. And the worst thing is that it's equally as unrealistic as those kinda movies, which is worse for a film that's trying to be serious.

Roper

That review is spot on. Dull as dishwater.

j walsh

Come on lads wrong forum.:D

HammerHeadGym

It's dire. Poorly written, acted and conceived. Jits wasn't bad though.

Mark Hamill

HammerHeadGym wrote: »

Jits wasn't bad though.

Most of the fights looked like demonstrations to me, one guy waiting for the other to react, no realism at all. I really hated the coaches mantra though, "there's always an escape". Sure there's always an escape, but if you have to keep saying that, then you keep getting caught so maybe you should work on not getting caught in the first place.

Tones69

Awful film, id put never back down way ahead

JohnMc1

Tones69 wrote: »

Awful film, id put never back down way ahead

NBD [bad in its own right] actually looks good compared to Redbelt because NBD didn't take itself so seriously. Redbelt tried way too hard to be DEEP like those old Kung-Fu flicks that it came out really pointless. Plus too many people involved on the conspiracy make the guy fight was ridiculous [ I'm surprised the cop {who's plothole is deep enough to drive an aircraft carrier through}didn't turn out to be alive and in on it as well.

Killme00

Blood and Bone is better by a long way and even that is sh1te