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3.0 out of 5 starsEntertaining but Needed More
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
With so many bad cookie cutter movies being released I read the reviews about this movie and everybody said how great it was so I bought it as I was bored for good entertainment. It's not great. It's ok to maybe good. Seems it needed more exposition. Could have e been a longer movie going deeper into the wrestling aspect.
The fact that one guy had his foot amputated due to a motorcycle accident and still wrestled could have used more scenes. I never knew. I remember these guys as a kid following wrestling. Wow. The movie was entertaining and it's worth a watch but it's not great like every conservative reviewer says it is. You can tell the reviewers that lean right and the ones that lean left. Everything is so politicized. 🙄
Zack Efron continues to impress. The acting was good the writing etc it just needed more wrestling stuff more into the struggles of wrestling. We all know it's scripted not fake but how do they determine the win? At what point do they swing? Do they follow crowd reactions? Why do these wrestlers seem to think it's 100% real when they talk about what they're going to do. ...
It's not a buy it it's a rent it if you're bored or just wait till it streams. I watched it twice and don't care to see it again. It's not bad though.