Redbelt
2008 · Movie · R · 99 min · ★ 6.4 · 68% critics
A principled martial arts instructor refuses to compete, believing contests compromise a fighter’s values. After helping a famous action star and taking work in the film world, a chain of debts, pressure, and shady deals pushes him toward a high-stakes prize fight that tests his integrity.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-04-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (290 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a martial-arts drama focused on honor, corruption, and tough choices more than nonstop action, with a noir-ish edge like Diggstown; not for you if you need straightforward plotting and big, polished fights.
Pros: strong lead performance; tense moral dilemmas; unpredictable turns | Cons: convoluted, overstuffed plot; uneven realism; underwhelming fight scenes
Themes
- sports
- movie business
- video surveillance
- interracial marriage
- car accident
- instructor
- jujitsu
- movie star
- nightstick
- husband
- life relationship
- set up
Cast & crew
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Mike Terry
Tim Allen
as Chet Frank
Alice Braga
as Sondra Terry
Jose Pablo Cantillo
as Snowflake
Randy Couture
as Dylan Flynn
Ricky Jay
as Marty Brown
Joe Mantegna
as Jerry Weiss
Max Martini
as Joe Collins
Emily Mortimer
as Laura Black
David Paymer
as Richard
Directed by David Mamet