Good but boring

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2009)

This movie portrays the contemporary life of a wrestler who was a star in the 1980's and now is somewhat washed up but still wrestles on weekends in front of crowds of 100's.
He has a heart attack and is told he can't wrestle any more. He's friends with a stripper and he tries to make her his girlfriend. She doesn't want to be his girlfriend. She has a rule about not dating her clients.
He tries to make amends with his 21 year old daughter, who he abandoned as a tot. She wants nothing to do with him. After a second attempt, she agrees to let him back in her life and he ends up screwing it up. She then wants nothing more to do with him.
He quits his job at a supermarket and wrestles again. He may be having a heart attack during the match. he jumps off the top rope to do his signature move and the movie abruptly ends.
The best part of the movie are the wrestling scenes. They're graphic and probably do a decent job of showing what a wrestler goes through every match. The rest of the movie is boring.
The acting is good, but the story isn't. It's slow to develop and nothing unusual happens. It's like watching a reality TV show for a washed up, broke athlete. There movie has no ending. The movie just stops. It's like watching Star Wars and the movie ends just before the death star blows up. I guess they got the idea from the Sopranos.