Pentathlon

This movie was so much painful to watch. I regret seeing it at all. Watch out from the commie boogieman. That and the nazi hiding under your bed. This movie is such a joke.

Being a big Dolph Lundgren fan, I was surprised to see a completely different side of him in this one, portraying him as being a pathetic, injured burnout who flips burgers for a living, while walking down dark alleys with no company beside his portable TV and his beer. When he is menaced by a group of hoodlums, they laugh at him when his trick knee gives out and he can't chase them. This struck me as being very odd, because it was Dolph acting like a regular guy, rather than the sarcastic killing machines he's typecast as. Sadly, as enjoyable as all of the footage of him being a loser (and his inspiring comeback into grade-A Pentathalon runner material), it sort of abruptly switches gears, turning into one of his usual action movies with a nonsense subplot involving neo-Nazis. It's a shame that the whole thing couldn't have been like the first two acts, or this would be by far his best performance, in a close tie with GR13 from Universal Soldier.

Once, a young athlete Eric Brogar lost a running competition. And then he mentally promised himself that he would continue to achieve victory at any cost and devoted his life to the pentathlon. It was only thanks to such perseverance and determination that he got into the German Olympic team. For Eric, sports became the meaning of life, he devoted himself to hard training. And now, unexpectedly for him, he found himself in a situation where he had to choose-an important victory or a free life. It happened after the tragic death of his father. Eric is simply convinced that the famous Stasi is behind this tragedy. At the same time, he has a serious conflict with the coach, which becomes the last straw...

After a brilliant victory at the Olympics, the athlete decides to take a desperate step - he runs to America. Teammates detain his pursuers and thereby give him a chance to escape. But once in the States, Eric realizes that he is not an Olympic champion here, but only an emigrant, of whom there are thousands here. The people who now surround him do not care about his past records and awards. Now he needs to learn how to survive in an alien world surrounded by indifferent people. Will he be able to rebuild his life without help and support?

Things got even more complicated when Eric was discovered being followed. He realized that he was being hunted, since his country does not intend to forgive such a betrayal. There are only two months left before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the athlete is well aware of this. Will his champion skills help him save his own life?

This has to be one of the worst films I ever watched. Actually, it was so painful, I could not bear to watch it all the way to the end. Now I know where Americans get the grey image of "communism" from. A completely unrealistic portrait of what life was like in East Germany!!!

Pentathalon is absolutely hilarious, Dolph definitely at his prime. So many ridiculous scenes from the trashcan window throw to Brogar run. I have gotten so much enjoyment from this film i feel i should pay Dolph. I am still curious as to why Dolph flushes the toilet after I think it's Offerman gets beat up over the toilet. Do not take this movies seriously though because its just worth it to actually think about it.Hutch from the old Starsky and Hutch is the old Nazi guy who you can't understand a single word he says because he is so crazy. Its also great because Bruce Malmuth stars in it as well in which he also wrote the story for. This was definitely the movie that made Dolph more passionate about making such hilarious films.