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Redbelt, 2008

Redbelt

English, Portuguese, Japanese

USA

Rating:6.9
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Profile of Redbelt

The mood of Redbelt is contemplative, tense, and clever. The plot centers around dishonesty, idealism, and filmmaking. It is a drama, thriller, and action movie. Stylistically, Redbelt is neo-noir, features martial arts, and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Hollywood. Redbelt happens in contemporary times. Note that it includes profanity and violent content.

Summary of Redbelt

Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor follows his turn in AMERICAN GANGSTER by taking the lead role in this thoughtful fight movie from writer/director David Mamet. Ejiofor plays Mike Terry, a man who runs his own Jiu-jitsu studio in Los Angeles. Terry's business is failing, causing tension between him and his wife, Sondra (Alice Braga). But their lives change drastically when Terry is compelled to come to the aid of an actor, Chet Frank (Tim Allen), during a bar fight. Frank befriends Terry and invites him to come and work as a consultant on a movie he is shooting. Just as Terry's fortunes seem to be changing, he finds himself caught up in a deceitful plan that has been carefully hatched by Frank's devious agent (who is played by Mamet regular Joe Mantegna). With his debts piling up, Terry decides to go against all his instincts and enter the competitive fighting world, where he stands to win a huge cash prize. But the good-natured fighter is in for a shock when he gets a close-up glimpse of the corruption that runs rife throughout the sport.

REDBELT is full of the usual plot twists and fine performances that mark any Mamet movie. It's fascinating to watch the director draw on his longstanding passion for Jiu-jitsu to fill out the storyline, and Ejiofor does a convincing job as a man who draws on the discipline of the sport to stay calm during some testing times. As with many Mamet films, a series of cons are liberally sprinkled throughout the script, calling on viewers to remain alert as each strand of the storyline slowly unravels. The bulk of the movie is conversational, shying away from the action sequences that mark most fight movies, and making REDBELT an unusual and invaluable addition to the genre.

Details

Language: English, Portuguese, Japanese
Country: USA
Release date: 7 April 2008
Runtime: 99 min

Cast and Crew

Chjwetel Ejiofor as Mike Terry in Redbelt
Chjwetel Ejiofor

as Mike Terry

Joe Mantegna as Jerry Weiss in Redbelt
Joe Mantegna

as Jerry Weiss

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Critics Reviews

The Onion (A.V. Club)
The film unravels a bit in the last few moments, amid unanswered story questions and a simplistic climax, but until that moment, Redbelt is Mamet's richest film of the decade.
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  • by: Tasha Robinson
USA Today
It's certainly not Mamet's signature rapid-fire dialogue, but it's an intriguing and engrossing departure.
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  • by: Claudia Puig

Users Reviews

THE REDBELT: I have always loved watching movies starring EMILY MORTIMER, This is one of my favorite movies and I highly recommend it. EMILY always give 100%, and her acting is always very convincing and spot on. Plus I just love her accent. I give...
  • 10.January.2011
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  • by: Netflowers
  • Netflowers rated this movie0/10
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