Rotten
The plotting is contrived, the supporting characters two-dimensional, and the ending slides from predictable to absurd to maudlin.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Redbelt
There's always a way out. You just have to find it.
2008 · 1h 39m · R
Drama
Directed by
David Mamet
Overview
Martial artist Mike Terry lives by a strict code of no competitions, for he feels that such contests weaken fighters. After saving a famous action star from a brutal attack, Mike takes a job in the film industry. He soon finds his personal beliefs and integrity on the line as circumstances force him to participate in a prize fight.
Director and cast
- David Mamet Director
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mike Terry
- Tim Allen as Chet Frank
- Alice Braga as Sondra Terry
- Emily Mortimer as Laura Black
- Jose Pablo Cantillo as Snowflake
- Joe Mantegna as Jerry Weiss
- Randy Couture as Dylan Flynn
- Bob Jennings as Sammy
- Ricky Jay as Marty Brown
- Caroline de Souza Correa as Monica
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What is memorable is the film's portrait of a man of honor in a sleazy world, possibly a metaphor for the struggle of the artist to stay honorable in a world of backbiting, betrayal and hunger for easy money.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
The glue that holds it together is Ejiofor's muscular performance as a man whose principles may be about to feel the brass knuckles of reality.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
David Mamet's take on the trendy new world of mixed martial arts is a gem not quite like anything I've seen before a" a smart, absorbing, anti-Hollywood, hypermacho look at what it is to be a true martial artist and a man.
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times
Fresh
Mamet's love for the sport comes through in every frame.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
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