A WARRIOR’S HEART

Conor Sullivan, played by Kellan Lutz, is a lacrosse player who is all about the game, in the movie A WARRIOR’S HEART. A WARRIOR’S HEART is entertaining and positive, but the storyline needs help. The protagonist’s selfishness is rebuked, however.

Conor is a great lacrosse player, but the problem is he always plays for himself and never works as a team player. His father, Seamus, is a big encouragement, but, as a soldier in the military, is always leaving and moving the family.

Starting off at a new school, Conor doesn’t have many friends, but he meets Brooklyn, who happens to be the Lacrosse coach’s daughter. The problem is, the Lacrosse coach, David Milligan, is an old enemy of Conor’s father, and Conor has to convince his way onto the team.

[SPOILERS FOLLOW] Once again, Seamus has to go off to war and this time does not come back. Broken by his father’s death, Conor becomes angry. The only person he confides in is Brooklyn, but her dad tries to break her away from Conor. As his anger grows, Conor ends up getting into a fight with another lacrosse player, so the coach David kicks him off the team. This leaves Conor with nothing, but just as all seams lost, his father’s friend, Sergeant Major Duke Wayne, comes along and helps Conor learn a valuable lesson.

A WARRIOR’S HEART has some entertaining moments but lacks a solid plotline. The relationship between Conor and Brooklyn doesn’t build up in an exciting manner and seems like a tossed aside plot point, even though Brooklyn narrates the movie.

A WARRIOR’S HEART does have an underline positive message of becoming a team player and working together to unite a family, and a reference to God, but the plot isn’t strong enough to move most viewers and the characters are somewhat weak. There’s also some brief foul language and a scene where Conor prays to his father.