Bizarre. Strange. Weird. And Slow. Very slow.

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2015)

A bizarre story based on very bizarre events.
An Olympic champion called Mark Schultz dedicates every hour of his days to wrestling, and trains with his brother with his sights on becoming World Champion. However, he receives an unusual phone call from a millionaire called Du Pont who flies him to his house and offers to sponsor his training for the future. While it would not take a scientist to see that this rich guy is completely out of his mind, Mark Schultz who probably wants to do things his own way and stand out of his brother's shadow accepts the offer and moves in with Du Pont. The partnership of these two men leads to unlikely events.
While I am pretty interested in fighting in general, I have to say that to me, the movie felt extremely slow paced, and it made me wonder throughout if the story was actually good enough to turn it into a film. While the performances of the actors are all fantastic, I don't think this deserves some of the praising reviews I have read. Nothing really happens in this movie, apart from seeing many strong grown men training and accommodating the stupid and eccentric needs of a lonely and retarded millionaire.
By IMDb standards, a movie with a 7.4 rating is sort of OK to watch, and that's exactly what this is: just another movie