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KJ's Leading Idiot

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Embattled is a 2020 American sports film starring Stephen Dorff as a reigning mixed martial arts fighter (largely styled after Conor McGregor) whose harsh and abusive nature brings him into conflict with his son, who he attempts to train. Slant Magazine gave the film a mediocre review, describing it as resembling an after school special and "muddying its sense of moral righteousness by suggesting that violence and vengeance can only be defeated by more of the same".[1] The film was written by David McKenna and directed by Nick Sarkisov.

IFC Films acquired distribution rights to the film in July 2020.


Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:30 pm
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A solid sports drama with a great performance from Stephen Dorff who plays such an unlikable, abusive asshole of a father. Darren Mann was pretty solid as the son too and I bought into their toxic father/son chemistry. Warrior is a much better version of this movie though even if I did quite enjoy in the end and found it a bit emotional at times, but its not super memorable and really you know beat for beat where its going by the time it gets to the finale.

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Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:20 pm
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Its well made and well acted by Stephen Dorff but has nothing new till the final fight. I really liked the final fight and Darren Mann was great in the finale (though not so much in the first half). Agreed that Warrior handled this much better.

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