Goon (2011 or 2012, whatever)
It's a hockey movie about an enforcer. It's also the film adaptation of a book written by Doug Smith, who was himself an enforcer in the 80s.
First off, I loved the movie and I would recommend it. You don't even need to like hockey. If I were to force it into one genre, I'd be forced to call it a comedy. The main character, Doug Glatt, is a dumb, tough, and excessively polite and gentle man. A lot of this movie is driven by Sean William Scott's portrayal of this character, who couldn't think his way out of a thimble, but is just a genuinely talented and nice guy that you don't want to hate him for it. So basically, you have this sweet man mercilessly beating hockey players for pretty much the whole film. In addition, the whole cast is a collection of quirky comedic character that don't tend to fit a particular archetype.
There's a lot of punching in the face in this movie. The faces are usually unguarded while being repeatedly punched.
Finally, the movie shines because it doesn't carry a sense of taking itself seriously. There's a romantic tie in, but it doesn't draw any oxygen away from punching people in the face. You don't necessarily feel too invested in whether or not the romance goes alright, it even leads to more hilarious face punching and introspectively mumbled fucks.
I'll end it by quoting out a pump up speech from the movie:

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Gord Ogilvey: Alright boys, listen up. We're sill in this thing. We just need a quick one.
John Stevenson: Listen up Cash!
Gord Ogilvey: We gotta work harder than them, okay?
John Stevenson: Harder than them, guys.
Gord Ogilvey: You know what's hard work? Going through a divorce, she's trying to get all my money now. She can half of it, I don't give a shit. The other half, hard work, mine! Some guys on their team are fuckin' divorced. Three guys there, who's fuckin' marriages are in the fuckin' toilet.
John Stevenson: We're playing divorced guys.
Doug Glatt: Yeah!
Gord Ogilvey: We gotta be fuckin' triceps, biceps, arceps hard!
Doug Glatt: Hard!
Gord Ogilvey: Greek fuckin' underground gay porn hard!
John Stevenson: We're all Adonis's
Gord Ogilvey: Highlanders, gay porn hard!
Doug Glatt: Gay porn hard!
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