Monkey See 9:21 am Tue February 21, 2012  'Warrior': Far More
Terrifying Than Any Ordinary Brutal Battle  Credit Lionsgate Tom
Hardy and Nick Nolte in Warrior.  Originally published on Tue
February 21, 2012 8:30 am  When it was released last September,
I thought I had Warrior's number. Previews promised a tale of
two brothers who overcame their tortured history by beating the
stuffing out of each other in a mixed martial arts tournament. I
figured it was the latest film in which sports and/or violence
gave heterosexual male characters a culturally palatable reason
to cry. I figured I'd pass.  But Warrior just kept getting my
attention. It didn't recoup its $25 million budget, but it did
get solid reviews from critics I respect. It also landed at #145
on the IMDb's user-generated list of the all-time best movies,
which didn't guarantee I'd love it but at least suggested it was
more than a boilerplate kick-a-thon. Then the film nabbed a Best
Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Nick Nolte, who plays the
boys'