A true-life American tragedy that leverages the summery Texas idyll of 'Dazed & Confused' into a larger than life - but heartbreakingly sincere - re-telling of 'King Lear,' 'The Iron Claw' is a wrestling epic inspired by a legend so sad that writer-director Sean Durkin felt like he had to sand it down in order for it to seem believable on screen.
Scholars of wrestling's pre-WWF history might see 'The Iron Claw' as an act of erasure, but I can't help but feel as if Durkin's choice to streamline the Von Erich family saga befits the ecstasy of a sport where the line between truth and fiction is body-slammed from the top rope a dozen times every match.
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