By Warrior is a movie about MMA fighters training for a worldwide championship. Normally, I wouldn’t be terribly interested in this, but it happens to be written and directed by Gavin O’Connor, the writer and director of Miracle, the best sports movie this side of Rocky and Rudy. Also, it features the indomitable Tom Hardy as one of two brothers forced to be pitted against one another in a fight that could make or break both of their careers.
Again, sports movies are usually not my thing, but the combination of Tom Hardy and Gavin O’Connor is enough to at least pique my interest.