Warrior (2011)

An estranged family of men, two brothers and their father, find themselves in each others' lives again as the siblings prepare to fight in a "winner take all" Mixed Martial Arts competition.

All are driven by desperation -- one brother needs the money to keep his family in their home, the other to provide for the family of the brother-in-arms he feels he failed in battle, and the father (Nick Nolte) is aching to be forgiven for destroying his family through alcoholism.  

It's a brutal movie with a marvel of a last act.  The final MMA match is savage and cathartic.  I was afraid it would end in cliche, but the integrity of the story held through the last shot.

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