Sean Durkin directs Zac Efron, Holt McCallany and Jeremy Allen White in this sports drama based on the tragic true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.

There’s a shot, a loaded shot, a sustained shot of the Von Erich’s dancing at a wedding. And even if you know nothing about this true story and you’ve only ever seen half a movie before you’ll know they are absolutely doomed from that point onwards. Just too happy. Efron and McCallany give brooding awesomeness. I love Durkin as an auteur but this might be too sad to pop on for regular revisits. A male weepie.

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Perfect Double Bill: Martha Marcy May Arlene (2011)

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