Tommy Riordan, an ex-marine with a tragic past, returns home and enlists his father to train him for a major MMA tournament. But when Tommy’s underdog brother Brendan fights his way into the tournament, the two brothers must finally confront each other and the forces that pulled them apart.

Nick Nolte received an Oscar® nod for his heartbreaking turn in this sporting saga, a masculine melodrama of the highest order. Director Gavin O’Connor and his leading men excel at the mixed-martial-arts spectacle, though it’s intimate moments outside the ring that pack the biggest emotional punch.