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Online Store - No Holds Barred
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $59.95
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Mark Pellegrino
Directed By: Thomas J. Wright
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301436526
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301436520
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1994-06-24
Running Time: 93
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1989-06-02
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Summary: no holds barred
Comment: a good video it shows how hulk can act but its in his type of atmosphere wrestling.
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Summary: bring this out on DVD
Comment: the 80's were awesome. I havent seen this movie since i was a kid.. bring it to dvd
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Summary: [3.5] the guiltiest pleasure of them all
Comment: This could be one of those so bad they are good movies. This is pretty much a very silly film, where no one can act, or I should say, everyone overacts ridiculousy. The story is not too intriguing. Nevertheless, it is No Holds Barred wrestling fun.
No Holds Barred is The Hulkster's first lead in a film. He is "Rip", a character that is very similar to the real life Hulk Hogan. His fights are extremely popular, and the network that carries him has rating overs the top. Naturally, a competing network wants Rip, but he is not interested. In attempt to gain ratings one way or another, the network's owner and 2 of his employees visit a trashy bar, where huge, filthy wrestlers duel out in a no rules ring, where you are lucky if their bodies even stay within the ring. Intrigued by the event, the owner televises a tournament there called "Tough Guy Competition" where anyone with the guts can fight for $100,000. Zeus "Tiny Lister" comes and scares the heck out of everyone, destroying everyone he touches. The network owner is happy, and does what he can, hurting Rip's younger brother and girlfriend to get him to fight Zeus on television. The final fight comes and it is a whopper - lasting about 10 minutes, and truly is a no holds barred spectical.
The movie is rather laughable most of the time, and doesn't take itself seriously. Hulk gets some tender moments in, and while his intentions are good, the acting isn't. Then there's the good ole "what's that smell scene". I coudn't stop laughing it was ridiculous. Zeus is one crazy guy, and spends most of his time grunting, and when he speaks he still grunts. Built like a machine and with a blind eye, he has the look of a villain no less.
There are tons of action throughout the film, whether iy be wrestlers throwin each other around at the bar fights, or Hulk going insane with anger at Zeu's gym tearing up the place. The last fight is worth it all though - its total fun.
So silly of a movie, but sometimes those are the best one's. There aren't really many wrestling movies out there like this, so if you want to see Hulk going all out in a film, this is your best bet. A guilty pleasure all the way.
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Summary: Whats the Smell?
Comment: A success, a brilliant success. The only movie to inspire a Green Day album. This Hulk Hogan classic tells the story of Jesus Christ's fight against the Romans in this modern day battle. Instead of the battle field taking place in the days of old and our hero getting crucified, the battle is in a bar and our Hulk gets Zuesified. Jesus (aka Rip) lashes out the same way 2000 years later...with raw muscle power and brute force. Could Jesus be locked in a car by a bladder deficient limo driver...NO...either could the Hulkster. Hulkamania lives on, and rises again every Easter.
Simply stated, worship the Hulkster, or chances are you will suffer eternal damnation. This movie is a quality family flick that should be watched religiously every Sunday. The Creator may have rested on the 7th day, but on the 8th he made No Holds Barred.
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Summary: Papa T Loves American Heroes 2 DVD/All Hulk Hogan Movies (Masterpieces!). Apparently
Comment: In this movie Hulk Hogan plays himself. But because this is a fictional story, his character's name is Rip. Anyway, Rip is a pretty big deal in the Wrestling World. Not unlike Hulk himself around the same time. We know Rip is a nice guy because he's always hanging around children, not in a creepy way, but because they're sickly or orphaned or stupid or something. But while this is going on, a new guy rises to the top called Zeus. Not the Greek God, some wrestler dude. Anyway Zeus wins some competition, which makes him even bigger than Rip/Hulk, so Hulk gets mad and the film ends with a Wrestling match between Rip and Zeus. Anyway the public doesn't like Zeus as much as Rip, because he doesn't hang around sick kids, and he works for some evil guy named Brell. Even though 60% of Wrestling fans are Redknecks, and Hulk himself has been accused of racism, I'm sure it has _nothing_ to do with him being black.
In the course of this film we see Hulk on top of the world, fall a bit, train a bit and climb his way to the top, all while courting a girlfriend in a manner that, anywhere else in the civilised world, even in 1989, would be considered sexual harassmant. God Bless America!
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