Talkie Zoo: PEACEFUL WARRIOR

I've had this movie in my collection for quite awhile, so I was surprised that I hadn't reviewed it yet.

Peaceful Warrior (2006; PG-13) is the inspiring story of an Olympics-bound gymnast (Dan Millman played by Scott Mechlowicz) who meets a stranger running a service station. This stranger he dubs Socrates (Nick Nolte) because of the sage wisdom he imparts. Socrates becomes his mentor, although Dan resists a lot of the advice he's given.

Wouldn't you know it, Dan's wild lifestyle leads to a terrible motorcycle accident that threatens to end his Olympic dreams. Doctors and even his coach tell him there is no way he can recover enough to be a gymnast again. Socrates leads the young man through all sorts of strange workouts for the mind and body before he concentrates on upper body and abs workouts workouts to give him the physical stamina and strength he needs to fulfill his dreams. In fact, it's his thought processes that are the most affected - for the better.

Well worth watching, in my opinion, if you need to sort out what's really important in your own life.