Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
RANDY ”THE RAM” ROBINSON er en afdanket wrestler som havde sin storhedstid i 80’erne. 20 år senere er han ensom, slidt og egentlig for gammel til at wrestle. Han har brug for et job, og forsøger nærmest desperat at genvinde forholdet til sin datter. Endelig får han chancen for at komme tilbage i ringen… THE WRESTLER et stort comeback for den legendariske MICKEY ROURKE som blev Oscar®-nomineret for rollen. Han er mest kendt for sine roller fra 80’erne i film som CHINATOWN BLØDER, 9 1/2 UGE og BARFLY. Filmen har bl.a. vundet Guldløven på Venedig festivallen, 2 Golden Globe priser samt fik 2 Oscar®-nomineringer og er også et stort comeback for instruktøren DARREN ARONOFSKY der blev hyldet for REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN vandt en Golden Globe for titelmelodien.
When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to find a retired Olympic skier is there to help them train. But their plans are halted when a scientist working at a nearby government lab arrives with the horrifying news that a top secret Government project has produced giant spiders and they have escaped, killing and eating everything in sight.
Som lille oplever Sean, hvordan hans mor på brutal vis myrdes af ukendte gerningsmænd. Efterhånden som den traumatiserede dreng bliver ældre, vokser hadet til moderens mordere, og ønsket om hævn vokser som en ild i Sean, der snart begiver sig på sin egen vendetta mod forbryderne i New York... Om dagen en sky studerende - om natten en nådesløs, toptrænet hævner, der snart kendes som "Boy Wonder"... Virkelighedens superhelt er født! Efterhånden som jagten på moderens mordere spidser til, kulminerer Boy Wonders hævntogt i en chokerende og overraskende finale.
An unambitious office worker goes to great lengths—specifically 26.2 miles—to one up his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss.
Two Los Angeles cops go undercover to investigate the distribution of steroids to wrestlers and body builders.
Kerttu is assigned to a gym due to back problems, where it turns out she is a genetic super-talent. Suddenly, she finds herself aiming for an incredible goal: a fitness championship. She is aided by a former genetic prodigy, journeyman bodybuilder Vili, who has lost his purpose in life. The mismatched duo have a lot to learn from each other. Before Kerttu can get into shape for the competition and Vili back on the road to life, both must grow as people and overcome steep prejudices.
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.
In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
How far are you willing to go to enhance your body and your life? Testing a diverse cocktail of illegal performance enhancing drugs throughout his life - bodybuilder an entrepreneur Tony Hughes, also known as Dr. Tony Huge, aims to prove that steroids are the next logical step to further human evolution. Chronicling a civil and criminal case against his controversial supplement company Enhanced Athlete, Enhanced is a documentary that explores the immense psychological depths of a man who believes that the government has a conspiracy against him and other like-minded individuals. Individuals who are fighting to prove that steroids are not only healthy, but essential if used correctly, and should be legal in the United States to improve our quality of life.
Examine one of sports' biggest steroid scandals via interviews with the head of BALCO lab, athletes suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs and more.
A gymnasium, a country town unhealthy like most of the people who live there... and terrible sex crimes. While everyone minds his own business a dangerous maniac kills all the women who unluckily meet with him. It is not simple to identify the killer especially because his violent deeds come of being manipulated by someone on the outside.
Documentary film about Tony Halme, masculinity and populism. The film follows how Tony Halme created a mythical, highly masculine freestyle wrestling character, The Viking, who gained fame both in the ring and in the public eye and eventually became captivated by it. With his brash speeches, Halme fired the starting shot for the rise of the Finns Party. The voice of a forgotten section of the population, a protest against the ruling elite, were the building blocks of Halme's popularity. Halme's great popularity has served as a good example of a populist figure, admired within the deep ranks of the nation, who comes from outside the political elite and changes the direction of politics. Also, despite - or perhaps because of - his openly racist statements, he was part of changing the political climate in Finland to a more acrimonious one.
A hard-hitting documentary that tackles head-on a controversial but increasingly alarming subject: young men's obsession with the perfect body, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs to achieve it. Once the preserve of top-level athletes, the use of anabolic steroids has become endemic among teenagers and young men with a passion for bodybuilding. Daring to tackle head-on the taboo of male beauty standards, Adonis offers a field investigation into the heart of this muscle-building machine, questioning the reasons behind and the physical, psychological and social risks of this race to the perfect body. As he stages his own vulnerability, the filmmaker lifts the veil on the scale of the public health crisis that is looming.
Gold Medal Olympic runner, Travis Downes is forced to confront his actions after steroid allegations surface and his agent sets up a press conference for the next day. As he is locked in a hotel room his actions become more clear and he is forced to make a choice that will forever impact his future.
Bignattydaddy became a viral internet sensation. At 15 years old, he chronicled his body building on social media, openly flaunting the fact he was on steroids - a controlled substance, illegal without a prescription in the USA. This film follows him as he explains why he does it and how he deals with those who criticize him.
Russia is about to be banned from participating in the next Olympics. Six other countries are on the watch list. Not a week goes by without a new doping scandal in the world of sports. But how does the doping system really work? Who designs the programmes and who supplies the substances? Filmed in 11 countries, this multi-sports investigation explores the implications of widespread doping.