Grunt! The Wrestling Movie

Grunt, is one of the best wrestling movie's I have watched with a fabulous performance by Robert Glaudini as the absurdly self assured (Dr. Tweed). Jeff Dial as a documentary film maker who's subject is the identity of undefeated wrestler the (Mask), played by real life wrestler Steve Strong, gives Dr. Tweed enough room to do his hilarious thing. The light hardheartedness of the film made with a number of entertaining Vignette's combined with some great old school wrestling action including legends Dirty Dick Murdock and the real life Mr.X Dick Beyer make for a great time. Lydie Denier as manager (Angel Face) does a fine job and is so beautiful that she drew my eye no matter who else was in the scene. I loved Dr. Tweed and the wrestling gang who have even topped the excellent "Body Slam" in the hierarchy of wrestling movies IMHO.

Mockumentary style 'B' comedy, that follows the world of regional Pro-Wrestling, as a reporter searches for a lost wrestler under the guise of 'The Mask'. It's slap stick at times and set up to let you think wrestling is real (for the sake of the story), while making it entertaining. If your a wrestling fan, view this as a tongue in cheek film made for non wrestling fans. If your a non-wrestling fan, this is made for the basic entertainment values of the time with no intention of converting you.

I'm surprised that I never heard of this movie before. Even though it's about wrestling, you don't need to like or even know anything about wrestling to enjoy it. There are a few things that don't make sense though. Georgia Wrestling having all it's title matches in California. The commissioner saying there will be 10 guys in the battle royale(and posters saying the same), then there were 12 guys in it. And being able to pin guys in a battle royale, not to mention the guy who goes under the bottom rope and is out. But those little details don't hurt the over all movie.

This film is shot as a pseudo-documentary about a wrestler who disappears after killing an opponent. If you are a big fan of pro wrestling, then I think you will get a kick out of this film. If you are not a big fan, you still might find this amusing, but it is mostly meant for the die-hard fans. I dig B-movies, so I bought this one. I recommend it.