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Formulaic, functional guys'-night-in entertainment.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Overview
A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.
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