“Redbelt” is a middle-of-the-pack David Mamet movie at best, but in the artistically impoverished ghetto of martial-arts flicks, it's practically “The Godfather.”
Combining noir suspense, Hollywood intrigue and his own, practiced brand of macho mysticism, Mamet – the “Glengarry Glen Ross” playwright and director of “House of Games” and “Heist” – delivers a flailing punch that manages, albeit inelegantly, to hit the mark.
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