Grunt! The Wrestling Movie

In this pseudo-documentary of professional wrestling, filmmaker Dial attempts to locate heavyweight wrestler Greg "Magic" Schwarz, a famous heavyweight who decapitated an opponent, was acquitted of manslaughter, and then disappeared. When a new masked wrestler appears on the scene, the filmmaker is convinced the new man is actually Schwarz. Though a number of pro wrestlers lend credibility through their participation--though "credibility" is an unlikely word used in association with pro wrestling--GRUNT! offers little more than wrestling matches linked by weak expository footage. The matches were shot at Los Angeles' Olympic Auditorium, where the boxing sequences f...