Set in the west-side Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cage-fighters, cops, and special forces types, Redbelt is the story of Mike Terry (Chewitel Ejiofor), a Jiu-jitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing to instead pursue an honorable life by operating a self defense studio with a samaurai's code.Terry and his wife Sondra (Alice Braga) struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the Academy between an off duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught lawyer (Emily Mortimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry's life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie stars (Tim Allen). Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.
This movie was retarded. I couldn't even finish watching it. It was so random for the first 45 minutes of the movie that by the time it actually started moving towards something - I could not have cared less. WW put it best when she said "this movie seems to be trying to be like Crash waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much". It tried to be too artistic and random interaction driven but when you know the ultimate result is going to be some sort of a karate kid type tournament - who gives a $hit? And how did lame family movie actor Tim Allen end up in this movie? That was so weird.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. Ever. Its poop. Even if you like karate/fighting movies - you would have to skip the first hour of the movie to see any of that stuff.
