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Pumping Iron II

1985, Movie, NR, 103 mins

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Like its 1977 predecessor, PUMPING IRON II follows a bodybuilding contest where the big question on everyone's mind is, is bigger better? The question takes on feminist overtones as the "bigger" is supplied by Bev Francis, a former power lifter who has slimmed down some (but not too much) in order to compete as a female bodybuilder, a class which has always emphasized more traditionally "feminine" women. That's largely window dressing, however, in a film that is still primar... read more leave a comment
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