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Synopsis: Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike's wife to his own - the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike's debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2008
99 min
$2,278,707
Website
409 Views


Why did he do that?

He didn't want to bring the sauna

on the academy.

Yes, of course.

I need a black belt for him.

You didn't want to bring the sauna

on the academy.

Yes, thank you.

- The car?

- Car?

The girl drove into your car.

I didn't look at that.

They want cash to get the window

bought it up.

Do you have any cash?

And on your business,

for which you have no cash.

We need to replace the window.

Your cheque bounced.

My cheque?

The martial art supply.

Mike, we're short.

You have no cash.

If we pay the window,

I can't make the rent.

Hello.

You need your ass kick out

for a loan.

Mike, you go ask him for a loan.

Hey, Mike.

Hey, Billy.

Jimmy, you can't smoke in here.

- We got Mike Terry down here.

- The f***ing world is turning into a dungeon.

Hey, sorry. He's busy.

Five minutes.

- Cardo said that?

- No, Bruno. Ricardo is out.

Put the cigarette out.

- Hang on, I'll take a beer.

- You havent got no bouncer?

- Just weekends now.

- Officer Joe?

Billy, I show you something for a drink.

I hardly think so.

Joey, the cop?

- Yeah.

- Wait, come on. I'll wait for this drink.

Check out this dice.

So where you've been,

the cruise ships?

I worked on a cruise ship.

- Why Joe quit?

- Yeah, hold on a second.

Check this out.

You ever seen that?

I am f***ing fantastic, somebody

buy me this f***ing drink.

- Officer Joe, why did he quit?

- What?

Why Joe quit?

Because Bruno wasn't paying him.

They never paid him.

They never paid him?

Coming from that

Brazilian Ju-Jitsu background,

I spent a little time with Silva years ago

before he moved into MMA.

He showed me his secret technique

that his grandfather showed him.

I said we'll be doing that since

I was twelve in High School wrestling.

We have a deal or we don't have a deal?

He's going to have his hands full of

Morisaki, but I think it's going to be a great fight.

I don't know why everybody is not

coming to this fight.

The main event for the IFA..

We got a deal.

What good is a deal,

if nobody is making any money?

Ricardo won't do it.

What? He's to pure?

What, it's not elegant?

That elegant life he lives.

How long is that going to last?

Answer me that.

Morisaki is going to do it?

This bullshit.

Morisaki is a whore, he's going to do

whatever the f*** I tell his people.

If he did this, he'll do anything.

The golden ivory studded belt is

worth 250.000 dollar.

It was presented to Taketa Morisaki

by the emperor of Japan.

Is he on the level?

The belt is a f***ing national treasure,

it's worth 250.000 dollar.

He's going to give it to

Ricardo if he loses?

It's publicity.

It's publicity.

It's something to tell the papers.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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