Redbelt
Released
- 2008
Director
Stars
Redbelt is a 2008 martial arts film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on May 9, 2008. The movie opens in a Jiu-Jitsu studio where Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is teaching an advanced class. Mike employs a unique training method. Before a sparring match, each fighter draws one of three marbles, two white and one black. Whoever draws a black marble has to fight with a handicap as determined by the spin of a wheel much like a board game. Joe (Max Martini), a police officer training for a black belt, draws a black marble and must compete with his hands tied in front of him while his opponent drew the white marble and is unencumbered. Joe puts up an impressive fight but ultimately loses when he is unable to break a choke hold. Mike consoles him by showing Joe that despite the handicap, he could have easily broken the choke hold if he had been more focused. Meanwhile, Laura (Emily Mortimer) is driving through a heavy downpour desperately trying to locate a pharmacy before it closes to fill a prescription. Frustrated and distracted while talking on her phone, she sideswipes a parked truck.
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Part Rocky, part Karate Kid, this film gets the job done. Our hero Mike Terry is an admirable fellow who fights for truth and justice, qualities befitting a jujitsu black belt. The final half hour demonstrated some of the same problems many films possess in their portrayal of crowds as unwitting adherents to group-think. Plus Tim Allen's character goes missing. But Redbelt's heart is in the right place.
October 17, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. UTC
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