Art of Submission

ART OF SUBMISSION is a dull drama detailing mixed martial arts fighting in an urban setting. The main character is played by Ernie Reyes Jr. as a tough fighter desperate to make a name for himself but who finds his life spiralling out of control after making some difficult choices. Finding himself in prison, he befriends the warden who has him released so that he can take part in some televised fighting contests.

There's little more plot to it than that, and indeed the narrative exists merely to feature a string of fighting scenes. An early multi-participant brawl in a garage is the highlight here, although there's a whole bunch of MMA fights at the climax. Unfortunately, the fights are very poorly filmed in an ugly style, all quick editing and cross cutting, so that it's very difficult to tell whether any of the participants are truly skilled or not.

This film wants to be NEVER BACK DOWN but doesn't come close. A bunch of seasoned performers make appearances, including a typically weary Ving Rhames who seems to appear in any old thing. '90s B-movie favourite Matthias Hues appears in support but doesn't really get to do much while George Takei makes no impact as the clichéd master villain. Maria Conchita Alonso, of THE RUNNING MAN fame, plays the hero's mother.

Submission, err, Red Canvas or Art of Submission released in 2009, or 2012, or, oh, forget it, all the same movie. This is a MMA action/drama movie centering around the plight of a young adult who wants to train to be a mixed martial arts star. Of course, he is in troubled times and the movie attempts to juggle the action with the drama but falls short on it. The tempo switching in this movie is often too random to hold the audiences attention, while debating if this is a tear-jerker, or just a beat 'em up flick. The fighting sequences at times are very well done, and other times, just plain silly. Ernie Reyes Jr. does a decent job acting as the main character, often being forced to shift gears from a apprehensive heavy to a sentimental person of the film quite quickly. Ving Rhames (big fan of) plodded through this movie, seemingly unconvinced of why he was there. I may have been a bit more sold on this movie had it not been the length of it. By the films finale, I just felt more or less like "get it over already" so I will. 3.9/10

Art of Submission is an absolutely brilliant MMA Martial Arts thriller which is just absolutely amazing and awesome. This film has some real In your face high powered MMA fighting that'll just blow your head off. The film has scenes with good looking and sexy girls in it, high powered MMA fighting, it also is a film which is tense, pretty violent and has lots more. The film also has some absolutely brilliant acting by Ving Rhames as Gene, Ernie Reyes Jr as Johnny Sanchez, Maria Conchita Alonso as Maria Sanchez, Sara Downing as Julia, John Savage as Harbin Rask, Gray Maynard as Torch and George Takei as the greedy Krang. The fight scenes were just absolutely awesome and I was amazed with Johnny Sanchezs strength and power all the way before the final fight against Torch. Johnny Sanchez was just absolutely amazing and I just loved watching him fight using his excellent strength and power. I don't know why this film was given such a low score of 4.4/10, it's completely unfair and should have been given a much higher score. When I first started watching the film and saw fight scenes and scenes with Johnny and Julia together, I was going to give this film an 8 which is very good, but as the film went on it got better and better, the fight scenes were absolutely brilliant, the unity and close chemistry amongst the Sanchez family was absolutely brilliant and I thought about it and decided i'm going to give this film 10/10 because it is an absolutely brilliant film. All the acting by the other actors such as the people who played the other members of the Sanchez family etc was also absolutely brilliant. Ving Rhames acting as Gene was absolutely awesome and I loved watching him act in this film and Ernie Reyes Jrs acting as Johnny Sanchez was also absolutely awesome and I also loved watching him in this film.

This Submission Movie is a Must See! Great actors, great fight scenes, and a great story. You will want to buy this for your library once it comes out on DVD. Grab a bunch of friends when it comes to a theater near you and don't miss it. There is also a great story behind the production of this film. Much blood, sweat, and tears have went in to making this film for us to see. Several years in the making and now it's time for you to enjoy an amazing project that will get you excited to bring others. Check out the cast if you haven't yet and I am sure you will see some popular names that you have enjoyed watching in the past.

This film touched all aspects of great entertainment. Action, comedy and love. It pulled on my heart strings, made me laugh out loud and had me intrigued through the whole film. It engages both those interested in martial arts and those didn't know they were. You'll be on the edge of your seat as this story unfolds. There are great actors who deliver to their potential ad well as unknown names who set new standards. There is a hot level of excitement that reaches all crowds, from Vegas nights to fantastic eye candy. There was not one full moment in this film keeping the whole audience engaged. You will not be disappointed. Never has there been a film in martial arts that has actors with such martial art experience. A fight scene is not just a movie, it's true action.