[joe kurtz]

I had pretty high hopes for David Mamet's MMA film REDBELT, hoping that it would prove to be something along the lines of MMA's version ROCKY. A quality film, with a good ******, good performances & action that's not out of a comic book like that other flick that just hit theaters NEVER BACK DOWN or TEEN FIGHT CLUB IN THE OC or whatever the hell it was called.

Unfortunately, a trailer for REDBELT hit Moviefone's site today & it looks every bit as over the top as I'd feared it might. With a bunch of nonsense about black & white marbles, handicapping fighters by binding their arms & fixed fights.

In other words it's not reality based at all.

Sure, even the very best boxing films like ROCKY have their strictly ficticious elements to them, like the whole silly "cut me, Mick!" scene. But, still, I want a straight forward, MMA film NOT something that 's ridiculous. Which, unfortunately, REDBELT looks to be.

Oh, I'll still go see it when it's released to see the performances from all the real fighters that appear throughout the film like Randy Couture & Ray Mancini among many others. And, dispite all the silly plot elements, the acting & fight sequences actually look pretty good.

But still, this ISN'T the film I'd hoped for.

[RichardFromBTBS]

Agreed. It looks mighty crappy. I thought we'd get something better with Couture being involved in it, but I guess not.

[Shenanigans]

Couture hasn't really been in any quality movies at all, or anything besides an appearance on Oz, so I don't know where you got that thought from.

[OmegaRED.]

http://movies.aol.com//movie/redbelt...r-no-1/2069634

I disagree, the trailer looks pretty good. Ya, the marble and tied arms stuff is dumb but it looks like they pulled it off well enough.

If the reviews are good I'll see it otherwise it's wait for DVD.

[Naked Choke]

that whole black marble thing is a little sketchy.. i wish they made it more realistic

[LEITAI]

I agree. Although it does look better than "never back down", it still looks like trash to me. I might watch it by myself at the cheapy theatre, with a large hood over my head, but i'm sure not paying $8.75 to watch that piece of garbage................

[Baudelaire]

I was looking for the YAMMA but didn't see it.

[OcelotlX]

you were expecting a good movie? definetly a suspend your belief and wait for the dvd type thing...

[Disco Albino]

I expected more from David Mamet...whatever, the fact that Tim Allen's in it removed all anticipation already.

[All5Rounds]

well, in all fairness, it does look a BIT over the top, but "never back down" looks like an episode of "One Tree Hill" on steroids, complete trash which will HINDER the sport's image.

Redbelt could deffinitely be crap, but it still looks like it has a chance to be a decent movie. it certainly wouldnt harm the sport's image. I'm still waiting for the day that theres an MMA movie with a good premise.