Me and a buddy watched it this evening. Storyline wasn’t the greatest, but the fighting and training were legit. Djimon Honshou did a great job, and was in great shape (as he usually is).
Just rented it for another watch. There’s cool ground transitions, escapes and managing center-of-balance kind of stuff. I really liked the use of Twister side control too. The training was absolutely brutal; I didn’t buy the whole bench pressing 175 x 15 and then doing a minute of pull ups followed by more cardio with no breaks. Also I hated how badly the kicking game was portrayed.
It’s a hollywood movie, so you take it for what it is and don’t expect anything going in. The submission game is surprisingly good.
Actually liked the movie! Only bummer was all the way at the hand when the two main characters smiled and greeted each other… The end was way to american and was right on the Hollywood model the entire movie!
Fight scene’s worked for me though.