
Redbelt (2008)
Rating: 6.5/10
Duration: 99 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): David Mamet,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Alice Braga as Sondra Terry
- Tim Allen as Chet Frank
- Joe Mantegna as Jerry Weiss
- Emily Mortimer as Laura Black
- David Paymer as Richard
- Jennifer Grey as Lucy Weiss
- Max Martini as Joe Collins
- Randy Couture as Dylan Flynn
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mike Terry
- Ricky Jay as Marty Brown
- Rodrigo Santoro as Bruno Silva
- Jose Pablo Cantillo as Snowflake
- Vincent Guastaferro as Eddie Bialy
- Rebecca Pidgeon as Zena Frank
- John Machado as Ricardo Silva