The Warrior: The Iron Claw it's a movie complex: shot by the forty-two-year-old American Sean Durkin (The Nest – The deception) and based on a true story involving an American family. The film is one of those that you will probably watch only once in your life, although it is right to underline its historical importance, which almost reaches the bio-picture for the topics covered: the relevance of the family Von Erich. You'll find out everything now in our spoiler-free review.
The Iron Family
The story of The Iron Claw (the iron claw) starts towards the end of the fifties, where Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany) leads the life of a wrestler in minor leagues, aiming for the world title and trying to “turn around” his life. Suddenly we find ourselves twenty years later, between the 1979 where i sons of Fritz they are trying to follow in their father's footsteps.
The hero of this story is without a doubt Kevin Von Erich (Zack Efron)the eldest of the four brothers, each committed to building his own career, be it that of a professional athlete at the Olympics, a singer, and obviously treading the wrestling ring. Kevin seems like the most promising of the Von Erichs although he has quite a few relational problems given by the family setting.
Without going beyond the confines of the plot, we tell you that everything revolves around the Von Erich family and to the dysfunctional relationship that the 4 brothers have with their parents: nothing too complex or never seen before, for goodness sake, but it should be underlined that it was the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s, aera of excess where drugs and alcohol could be easily available tools.
Inside and outside the ring
The Iron Claw is a film about a family actively involved in the growth of the sport that is “the hardest of all” (or so they want us to seem), namely wrestling: set in Texasin the Lone Star State, it must be said that it embodies all the values of that land that we Europeans imagine: large families, large spaces, a ranch with animals and lots of space for the family we are talking about.
Aesthetically Sean Durkin gives us a very clean filmwith perfect scenes and photography that leaves no room for interpretation, even when it comes to shooting fight scenes in the ring, in a context where the light was certainly not what it is today.
Zack Efron is almost unrecognizableand the same immense in terms of acting: he seems like an advanced body builder, undoubtedly fully into character, although he probably overdid it with anabolics. Efron, like his character, demonstrates phenomenal acting growth, and probably does his best performance ever.
The interpretation of Efron carries the whole show even when he doesn't speak much, but expresses with his eyes what his character feels: The Iron Claw is a film capable of getting inside youto squeeze you in the grip of this iron claw that won't let you go and will probably lead you to oblivion. Glory is experienced in the ring and fun, outside those four bungee cords there is the toughest opponent: life and the human relationships that result from it.
Win or lose
In The Iron Claw by Sean Durkin you win even when you lose. As we know, the film is based on a true story, just as the Von Erich family is true and the fact that in 2009 it rightfully entered the Wrestling Hall of Fame for having contributed significantly to the growth of this sport which mobilizes millions of people (and money obviously).
It is a very American film, with all the stylistic features of the case, both for the way in which the Von Erich family manages their relationships and family dynamics, and for the concept of “victory”, which for some is a material thing like a world championship belt, for others it is a big united family.
“A man doesn't cry”: it is with this premise that Kevin Von Erich leads his life until the age of 40 when, in a conversation with his children, he completely changes his point of view, realizing that the teachings he was given were right, but not always .
#Warrior #Iron #Claw #Review #film #Zack #Efron
