Warrior: the sub-genre of “underdog movies” has been around forever, but this innovates a bit by having a pair of sympathetic underdogs instead of a single one. While this raises the bar in terms of excitement a bit (which one of them is going to raise to the top?), it also thins a little bit the story, as we have to spread our attention to two different lines. Hardy is in top shape here, both physically and actorly.