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Born a Champion

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A former Marine prepares for a jujitsu rematch against a bruising opponent who cheated during their first encounter.
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Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com 01/23/2021
2/4
Flanery and Ranarivelo lay the groundwork for all the plot turns pretty well, but of course the destination is predictable. Go to Full Review
Brian Costello Common Sense Media 01/26/2021
3/5
Earnest underdog movie has violence, language. Go to Full Review
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Michael G Oct 19 The movie was very very good if your a combat sport BJJ guy you will absolutely love it and not to mention a fantastic love story wrapped up in the movie... Don't care if I sound like so hopeless romantic chick that is what the movie was .... See more Sean R. @ZeroXero Oct 15 Really enjoyed the movie. Kind of a feel-good story but sad at the same time See more Mark B Sep 14 This is my favorite movie. I don't really mind for movies based on true stories, yet this is amazing. Yet people say the ending is poorly written and I'm like, " it's based on a true story not a fake made up story." See more Betty H. @goldwing7 Sep 13 AWESOME! Best movie I’ve seen for a while! See more john p @Boominatang Apr 1 There’s plenty of -defeat the bad guy- movies and in the genre of fight movies that’s almost always the plot (Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed,) however this movie delivers on every level, characters are well developed, romance, comedy, tragedy, all present and it pays homage to the sports of BJJ and MMA and honors the commitment of those who serve. It succeeds on every level so it’s more then just good guy beats bad guy. See more joel w 08/14/2024 Really enterntaining movie. Not just a MMA movie has a lot of emotion in it. The love story is wonderfully tragic and the action sequences are well done with a unforseen plot twist at the end. You won't regret the time spent watching See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A former Marine prepares for a jujitsu rematch against a bruising opponent who cheated during their first encounter.
Director
Alex Ranarivelo
Producer
Ali Afshar, Paul J. Alessi, Kevin Asbell, Daniel Aspromonte, Ava Rettke, Josh Abraham Webber
Screenwriter
Sean Patrick Flanery, Alex Ranarivelo
Distributor
Lionsgate
Production Co
Forrest Films, ESX Entertainment
Rating
R (Language Throughout)
Genre
Action, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 22, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 22, 2021
Runtime
1h 52m
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