Redbelt is a martial arts film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on May 9, 2008.
Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a jiu-jitsu practitioner and self-defense instructor, teaches his students the skills to persevere, both in unarmed combat and through difficulties in their lives. A series of circumstances brings Terry in contact with popular movie star, Ch...
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Redbelt is a martial arts film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on May 9, 2008.
Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a jiu-jitsu practitioner and self-defense instructor, teaches his students the skills to persevere, both in unarmed combat and through difficulties in their lives. A series of circumstances brings Terry in contact with popular movie star, Chet Frank (Tim Allen), and a host of powerful people in the entertainment industry. Terry soon finds himself the victim of a con and, combined with a destitute financial situation, is pressed to enter the ring.
Mamet has described Redbelt as a samurai film in the tradition of Kurosawa.. He has employed the resources of several members of the MMA community in the making of the film. Randy Couture and Enson Inoue have acting roles, as does Jean Jacques Machado's brother John Machado, who also planned some of the fight choreography.
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