218. Warrior (# 162) | the m0vie blog

Moderated by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a weekly journey through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes will be released on Saturdays at 6 p.m. GMT.

So this week, Gavin O’Connors warrior.

Brendan and Tommy are two brothers who have led very different lives but are on a collision course. Brendan is a struggling teacher who will lose his family home, while Tommy is a war veteran with a mysterious past who needs a mechanism to deal with his trauma. Both men are in a brutal mixed martial arts tournament with a life changing prize fund. However, the two may have to go through each other to deserve it.

At the time of recording, it was ranked 162nd on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show notes:

• Taken on January 11, 2021.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect that in the future many of our consequences will take place until the crisis is resolved.
• warrior at the The Internet Movie Database.
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