Fighting Fear

2011

1 hr. 25 min.

Drama

Action

List

50%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

50+ Ratings

Audience Score

Mark dreams of being the best surfer in the world, and Richie dreams of being an MMA champion, but their partying ways set off a series of events that threatens to derail their dreams.

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Super docu, voor iedereen die fan is van zowel surf als MMA !

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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"Bra Boys", through its aggrandizement of violent macho behaviour and its propagandistic slant on the character of the Maroubra residents who it portrays, garners a fairly wide audience appeal. This movie on the other hand portrays the two central characters as victims as well as perpetrators of violence, as immature 20 somethings who have now matured and realised the errors of their ways, as noble hard working types pursuing their aspirations to excellence in cage fighting and surfing as competitive sports. As a result it has a somewhat more weakened appeal and at the end turns out to be a relatively mundane sluggish doco targeted to MMA and surfing enthusiasts.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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It's probably more suited to being a TV documentary but it's still pretty compelling to watch these two bra boys ride 20 ft waves and have a wee scrap in the old octagon.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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The power of friendship can change your life

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Macario De Souza

Director

Joel Edgerton

Narrator

Michael Lawrence

Screenwriter

Macario De Souza

Producer

Sue Masters

Producer

Nicholas Cook

Producer

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Fighting

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George Palathingal

Sydney Morning Herald

Putting to one side its rough edges, Fighting Fear is another compelling story of contemporary Sydney culture.

Rated: 4.5/5

Nov 10, 2011

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Simon Weaving

Screenwize

A documentary that reaffirms the hard-drinking, hard-partying, hard-fighting values of good old fashioned mateship, as Bra Boys director Macario De Souza follows the friendship of two friends - one a Big Wave Surfer and the other a cage-fighter.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 24, 2011

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

If you can wait until Fighting Fear hits DVD or TV -- it would have fared better as a one-hour TV special -- you won't be missing much.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 10, 2011

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Erin Free

FILMINK (Australia)

With two compelling figures at its core, this engagingly honest and unapologetically positive doco makes for exciting and ultimately moving viewing.

Nov 10, 2011

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Peter Galvin

sbs.com.au

The film has no real intimacy -- which makes us all outsiders -- and no apparent goal beyond cheering these guys on.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 10, 2011

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

Macario De Souza (co-director of Bra Boys) and his editing team manages to balance the film's disparate elements of Joel Edgerton's restrained narration, fresh interviews, archival footage and re-enactments in a satisfying and exciting mix

Nov 5, 2011

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Synopsis

Mark dreams of being the best surfer in the world, and Richie dreams of being an MMA champion, but their partying ways set off a series of events that threatens to derail their dreams.

Director: Macario De Souza
Screenwriter: Michael Lawrence
Genre: Drama, Action
Original Language: English