Tim Allen is most well-known for his comedic roles, yet his underrated martial arts movie is a forgotten gem that film fans should all see.

Of course, “Redbelt” being a Mamet movie (he wrote and directed), the noir puzzle element is central to the story, replete with double-crosses and other betrayals.

David Mamet’s Redbelt is a film about the pure and spiritual side of the martial arts style of Brazilian Jujitsu. A redbelt is a martial arts’ belt “that ...

What would happen if a serious, distinctive director hauled off and made a martial-arts movie? Say, if Stanley Kubrick had made a film with Bruce Lee, or if Woody Allen … all right, not Woody ...

When Tim Allen filmed Redbelt, he was in a weird limbo.The first decade of the new century found him without a lead role in a ...

You’d be forgiven for looking at the poster for “Redbelt” and thinking, “Wait — it’s a martial arts movie… directed by David Mamet… and starring Tim Allen?” While Mamet uses the ...

Score: 6 out of 10 Video and Presentation Mamet movies have never been known for their visual flare or elaborate production values, and Redbelt is certainly no exception.

Redbelt is like every boxing picture you ever saw: a gifted, morally principled, ... All kinds of troubled people — a frenzied lawyer, a louche movie star, ...

Movie fans have long pondered the question: what if David Mamet remade The Karate Kid? Well, Redbelt is as close as the master wordsmith is ever going to get, which is to say that it’s not so ...

Peer pressure is tough, especially when it’s pervasive, grown-up and institutionalized. In samurai movies, as in westerns, the warrior is often faced with a choice between individual morality ...