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Grunt! The Wrestling Movie

1985, Movie, R, 90 mins

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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 from the original ROCKY (1976) were also lensed. leave a comment
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