There are not many films touching on the topic of professional wrestling. Off the top of my head, I can recall some of the most notable: comedies "Ready for battle" (2000) with David Arquette and Oliver Platt and "Supernacho" (2006) with Jack Black, sports dramas "Wrestler" (2008) with Mickey Rourke and "The Masked Saint" (2015), where Roddy Piper played his last role. You can also mention the series from Netflix called "Shine" (2017). However, now there is a new addition to the list of wrestling films.
We're talking about an upcoming comedy film from Canada. "Chokehold" (Chokeslam) director Roberta Cuffley ("Paige's Transformation") He also wrote the script together with Jason Long ("Latex").
The synopsis for the film is quite simple and similar to a recent wrestling film from Japan called "Ringside Story": A grocery store clerk finally gets the chance to see his high school sweetheart, now a professional wrestler, who is visiting his hometown for the first time in ten years. But for this he needs to become more noticeable to her.
The following actors starred in the film: Chris Marquette ("Alpha Dog"), Amanda Crew ("Strength of will"), Michael Eklund (“Watchmen”), world wrestling legend Mick Foley ("30 Rock") and WWE star Harry Smith.
“Chokehold” went to film festivals in 2016 and 2017 and was released on media for mass audiences 27 February 2018 year.
The next sports film, this time about boxing, came to us from France. Film directed by debutant Samuel Jouy has a non-trivial name "Sparring" (Sparring).
The film tells the story of boxer Steve Landry, who lost more fights than he won during his career. But he stubbornly continued his boxing career. However, Steve is already over 40 and gets tired very quickly in the ring, which gives him sad thoughts about his future life. One day, Steve has a chance to prove to his wife and children that he is still worth something when the famous boxer Tarek M'Barek agrees to become his sparring partner. But the more Steve devotes time to training, the faster he risks losing everything.
The main role in the film was played by a famous French actor Mathieu Kassovitz (“Amelie”, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”), and he is accompanied by: Suleiman M'Bai, Olivia Merilati, Yves Afonso (“Killing Summer”) and others.
Samuel Jouy's Sparring was a notable film at film festivals in Switzerland and Japan in 2017. The premiere took place in France January 31 2018 years. Therefore, we think that the film can already be searched online. In the meantime, check out the trailer.
We would like to complete today’s selection of sports dramas with a film from South Korea called Champion, in which he played the main role Ma Dong-seok, known for his roles in films "Train to Busan" (2016) and "Crime City" (2017)
"Champion" is the director's brainchild Kim Young-wan, who previously worked exclusively on TV series and short films. He wrote the script, and Ma Dong-seok himself took on producing duties.
The film will focus on the Korean arm wrestler Mark, who now lives in America. He once dreamed of becoming a champion, but a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then and now Mark works either as a bouncer in a club or as a security guard in a store. However, the cunning promoter Ching-gi does not give up hope of bringing the aging Mark to fame. Under the pretext of meeting with his younger sister, Jin-gi persuades the main character to return to Korea. It soon turns out that Mark is quite active and strong if he is supported not only by his sister, but also by her two children.
In addition to the main star of the film, the cast includes the following actors: Kwon Yul ("Pieta") Han Ye-ri ("The Worst of Women") Song Jae-hee (“Bronze medalist”), Kang Shin-hyo (“Russian novel”) and others.
“Champion” premiered in South Korea 1 May 2018 years, but the company Well Go USA is about to launch the film in North America with 18 May.
Well, there are very few films about arm wrestling. I only remember "With all my might" (1987) starring Sylvester Stallone. Therefore, we are waiting for the film. And you?
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“Sparring” and “Champion” really interested me, thanks for the news. :)