Embattled is personally my favorite movie of the past decade or so that deals with MMA or boxing of any kind. It features a great story that you find yourself rooting for characters that has not been done in a movie like Embattled for an extremely long time. Stephen Dorff also has not been this great since ‘Felon’
Written by David McKenna who knows how to write an engrossing story. He also wrote Blow and American History X, American History X being one of his most satisfying scripts but Embattled is his best in a long time as well. IFC Films picked a keeper and a homerun here with Embattled.
The supporting cast is phenomenal, including a scene stealing Donald Faison (TV’s Scrubs) who is extremely likable as Mr. Stewart. Darren Mann gives a strong admirable performance as Cash Boykin’s son Jett who is anything but his father. Elizabeth Reaser makes everything out of her role of Susan the mother of Jett and Brain (played by Drew Scheid).
Overall, if you are already into boxing movies and MMA movies a ton then you are going to love and adore Embattled as it is rich in wearing its heart on its sleeve and having care of a genuine story that is much more than beating up characters to a bloody pulp.
Overall Grade: 3.5/5 stars
Written By: AJ Friar
Side notes
The Blu-Ray doesn’t come with a lot of special features only two special features are included. Which are the making of featurette a descriptive audio track and a theatrical trailer.
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