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The Iron Claw is Sean Durkin’s third feature film. The director is self-confessed wrestling fan and has created a film that is not just about the sporting fighting spirit, but primarily about one disturbing family history. The von Erichs played a key role in shaping the sport of wrestling in the 80s, but they also had to endure numerous tragedies.

The Iron Claw received one on Rotten Tomatoes Rating of 89 percent, even received 94 percent of the audience, but it still received little attention from us. Anyone who missed it will soon be able to watch the sports biopic in their home cinema. On April 5th The limited media book is published and can already be pre-ordered now.

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In the 60s, Fritz von Erich (Holt McCallany) was a great wrestling champion, and 20 years later his sons were too trained with a strict hand. Despite all the competition, brothers Kevin (Zac Efron), Kerry (Jeremy Allen White), David (Harris Dickinson) and Mike (Stanley Simons) have a strong bond. They need that too, because despite their rise in the ring, they have to fight him privately infamous “von Erich family curse” battle.

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The Iron Claw: Zac Efron is almost unrecognizable

For his role, Zac Efron turned into a mountain of muscle and Jeremy Allen White (Shameless, The Bear) is hardly recognizable anymore. In addition to the steeled bodies, there are also the 80s hairstyles and clothes that change the actors so much. Zac Efron in particular had to have a lot of malice and malice for his appearance Receive ridiculebut he can definitely convince in his role as a sensitive wrestler.

Anke Sterneborg also thinks so, especially in her film review on epd Film sensitivity of the film turns out to be positive. Despite the world in which masculinity rituals are still celebrated unbridled, Durkin manages to break the rules of a classic sports drama with the emotional themes toxic images of masculinity to undermine the wrestling scene:

This is not about the triumph fought relentlessly and against all odds, but above all about how the boys cope with their father’s demands and one Series of terrible blows of fate wrestle.

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