I recently watched this on Netflix and was blown away at how well the film was made, it took great care into portraying the world that Matt must live in everyday, while still presenting it accessible to those who can hear. The actor portraying Matt seemed born to play the role, it does help that he is a deaf actor, so his only difficulty had to have been portraying the athletic part. The rest of the cast compliment the film nicely, especially his roommate, his girlfriend and his Grandfather. The biggest applaud I give this film was the director's use of sound, a lot of the time we are given subtitles to show their use of signing and muddled sounds to show his POV of the world, I love the scene when he and Kristi are at the river/bridge and the sound is completely taken away for at least 5 minutes, the sound of the water rushing comes in and it is an incredible show of the difference in worlds. I'm used to reading subtitles as I watch them on foreign films/TV shows as well as just have them on with my DVD's in case I can't hear something right, so I was drawn into this pictures use. I'm not a huge wrestling fan(anymore, look what WWE has done to it)and never really got into UFC, but I congratulate the filmmakers on a great film and the real life Matt Hamill on all his accomplishments
Review of The Hammer
