The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 37 nominations
Michael Harney
- Bill Mercer
- (as Michael J. Harney)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film had its world premiere in Dallas, Texas the same evening that the SAG-AFTRA strike ended. Many of the actors found out the news through journalists on the red carpet.
- GoofsThe film depicts Kerry losing his foot in a motorcycle accident after his world title win against Ric Flair in 1984. In real life, the accident occurred two years later. Also Kerry didn't have his foot amputated until 1987 when Fritz forced Kerry back into the ring way too early in a match with Brian Adias in Ft. Worth.
- Quotes
Kevin Von Erich: [weeps] I used to be a brother.
- Crazy creditsIn the end credits there's a photo of Kevin and Pam with their 4 children and 13 grandchildren.
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Featured review
A gripping and memorable story
I went into this film not knowing anything about the Von Erich family. I thought this would be a typical sports movie centered around wrestling. Fortunately, this film was more than that. It touched on many topics like brotherhood, father son dynamics and grief. This film was way more tragic than anything I could have thought of and what makes it crazy is that it's all true.
The acting was very good in this film and all the relationships were believable except for how quickly Kevin and Pam got together.
All of the actors playing the brothers had great chemistry. The motives and decisions of all the characters were well executed. The wrestling scenes were well done even though this film was less about wrestling and more about the family.
While I enjoyed this film, I did feel that it could have been longer. Some of the events felt rushed and crammed together. More major wrestling events should have been added to show some of the wrestling politics. The wives in the film played very minimal roles in the film and it was hard to believe that they weren't more involved in real life.
With that said this was still a gripping and memorable film that deserves to be watched.
The acting was very good in this film and all the relationships were believable except for how quickly Kevin and Pam got together.
All of the actors playing the brothers had great chemistry. The motives and decisions of all the characters were well executed. The wrestling scenes were well done even though this film was less about wrestling and more about the family.
While I enjoyed this film, I did feel that it could have been longer. Some of the events felt rushed and crammed together. More major wrestling events should have been added to show some of the wrestling politics. The wives in the film played very minimal roles in the film and it was hard to believe that they weren't more involved in real life.
With that said this was still a gripping and memorable film that deserves to be watched.
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $35,070,296
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,868,370
- Dec 24, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $44,217,977
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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