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After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar.After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar.After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar.
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- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Dallas Dupree Young
- Mason
- (as Dallas Young)
Matt Polinsky
- Corey Graves
- (as Corey Graves)
Renee Paquette
- Renee Young
- (as Renee Young)
Stephen Farrelly
- Sheamus
- (as Sheamus)
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Great movie I really enjoyed it!!! I think a sequel should be done in the future!!
A kid who's a fan of the wrestling tournament culture feels like an outcast with the constant bullying in school. Meanwhile he lives a steady relationship at home, despite the absence of his mother. His mechanic father struggles to spend more time with him, and his Instagram icon-in-the-making grandmother does everything possible to discipline him. In one of his attempts to escape his school's opponents, he finds an old magical mask giving him super wrestling power which leads him to the covet professional tournament filled with evil competitor, specially a monster-like giant and his ambitiously greed agent. A refreshing and funny family comedy about finding your voice and strength, the film is highly recommended for all ages. At times silly but tender and efficient, it also looks at innocence and friendship values through the kid's interaction with his two best friends and his crush. Finally a decent production made for laughter without any buttocks jokes or other similarities. Fast paced, well conceived and convincingly performed, it's a feel good family gem.
Yes it's corny --- no the acting isn't great, but its entertaining. The movie is directed towards young kids -- silly fun and family value messages. The movie lacks depth but many kids' movies do. The WWE theme adds to the fun.
It was fine for a WWE film that is aimed at a younger demographic. I thought that the didn't make the main character, Leo, very likable at all. I was far more interested in Erica and his other friends (i.e. the surprising twist at the talent contest was maybe the best part of this movie for me, but wasn't explored further sadly). Very predictable but overall, it was fine.
This was the last, and debatably worst, project I was in as a background actor. For 4 days, I filmed the climax cringing and shaking my head at every bit of this brutal sequence I was participating in. The filmmakers know their main audience is kids who are WWE fans, and if they fall for lame WWE narratives they can get away with an excruciatingly lazy story and forced conflict that does these actors no service. The obvious wire work on all the fighting was cheap and sucked too. Are we really this easy to please with a slapdash feature length WWE advertisement when we're 10 years old?
Amongst it all, I can safely say the hip, grandma character is the worst goddamn thing you'll have to sit through. "you just got Grandma'd" will go down as the single worst piece of dialogue of 2020. Thank you Ken Marino for giving us just one funny character amidst the cringe.
Anyways, don't watch this. Maybe this quarantine shutting down all film productions is exactly what this industry needs to get its head on straight.
Amongst it all, I can safely say the hip, grandma character is the worst goddamn thing you'll have to sit through. "you just got Grandma'd" will go down as the single worst piece of dialogue of 2020. Thank you Ken Marino for giving us just one funny character amidst the cringe.
Anyways, don't watch this. Maybe this quarantine shutting down all film productions is exactly what this industry needs to get its head on straight.
Did you know
- TriviaThe entrance theme music that Samson comes out to is "Slow Death" by artist Zack Tempest. This is the same theme song used by Hardcore Holly in WWE in 1999.
- GoofsAfter the cage fight the cage just ... disappears for the end of the scene. The ring remains but there is no evidence the cage ever existed.
- Crazy creditsThere's a mid-credits scene.
- ConnectionsReferenced in WWF SmackDown!: The Black Sheep of the Family (2020)
- SoundtracksSo Alive
Performed by Esterly, Vo Williams, Austin Jenckes
Written by Tony Esterly, Vo Williams, Austin Jenckes
Courtesy of pray for my haters and Silver Slide Productions o/b/o of Sound Dose Music Group
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