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Film Review - The Iron Claw

Film Review - The Iron Claw

An outstanding central performance from Zac Efron anchors Sean Durkin's fact-based drama about Texan wrestling family the Von Erichs

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Feb 12, 2024
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The Iron Claw is another film overlooked by the Academy Awards. This fact-based tale of famous Texas wrestling family the Von Erichs features a number of excellent performances, especially from an almost unrecognisably beefed-up Zac Efron as Kevin, the oldest of four brothers, and Holt McCallany as their patriarch father, Fritz. Wri…

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