Embattled

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Embattled

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2020,

1h 57m,

Drama

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The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

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Critics Consensus

Embattled fights genre clichés to a draw while landing enough emotional punches to make this a sports drama worth watching.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Jul 30, 2021

3/5

Embattled may be smarter than it looks, but it's still further evidence of the decline of human civilisation.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Jun 29, 2021

3/5

Part classic montage-showdown sports movie, part southern gothic Oedipal family drama, this decidedly peculiar but oddly compelling film is the proverbial curate's egg.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Nov 26, 2020

3.5/4

Sarkisov and screenwriter David McKenna ("American History X) give us fully drawn, realistic male characters slugging it out in a battle of male toxicity.

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Niall Browne

Movies in Focus

Jul 5, 2021

4/5

Director Nick Sarkisov's Embattled is a punchy sports drama that delivers blow after blow. Stephen Dorff is fantastic as the MMA fighter who enters the ring to take on his 18 year-old son.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Jan 29, 2021

3/4

Embattled scores plenty of points and lands the perfect amount of emotional punches that you may not see coming.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Dec 18, 2020

Embattled has enough gritty realism about a dysfunctional and damaged family to make up for the occasional hokey dialogue and the far-fetched but not entirely impossible scenario of a famous MMA champ doing a high-profile fight against his son.

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Synopsis

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

Director: Nick Sarkisov
Producer: Eryl Cochran, Scott LaStaiti, Sergey Sarkisov
Screenwriter: David McKenna
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Blitz Films
Rating: R (Pervasive Strong Language|Crude Sexual References|Some Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 20, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.2K
Runtime: 1h 57m

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