Warrior

Taking sibling rivalry to a whole new level.

    It's a movie. About a winner-take-all ($5 million) mixed martial arts tournament. Watch it. Not into violence, ladies? Two of the fighters are brothers, each with their own reasons to fight, and they share a father who's a recovering alcoholic, so there's plenty of drama for you to feed off of. I don't care who you are, you need to watch this movie. I laughed, I considered getting a little teary, and I even put my hands up to my mouth like a little girl does when she's not sure whether there's a mound of candy or a bear trap in that bag her parents put in front of her. I mean, did you hear the clunk it made?

     I took a risk in that simile, but I know it's slightly off. If I figure out how to explain that it's more of a car-rolling-up-and-it's-either-Dad-or-a-kidnapper-from-Taken thing while maintaining a certain fluidity to the passage, I'll change this post.

     Now put the 2011 Action Drama masterpiece of Warrior into your Blockbuster or Netflix queue, or watch it right now if you're particularly technologically savvy. On the other hand, if you're so much of a savage that you need to drive to the nearest blockbuster to get the movie, I won't think less of you this time.

     Happy Solstice, merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, and happy New Year.