Legendary (2010)

I'm not big on watching WWE superstars that I don't think could be great actors outside of the total fantasy action genre. By Fantasy, I mean they dodge bullets and do insane things no human could possibly do. I do have to say that this one did not disappoint. It's the story of a kid named Cal, who comes from a line of wrestlers. His father was a state champ and his brother Mike (played By Cena) was also a state champ, but Cal doesn't exactly fit in to the whole equation. The other problem is that Cal's dad died when he was very young and Cal hasn't seen Mike in ten years because he ran off and became a drunk. Cal decides that hopefully wrestling can bring the family back together. It starts to work as Mike soon begins to train Cal and everything is finally setting into place for him until he is faced with the idea of having to tell his mother that he has been seeing Mike with her knowledge. This is when the movie gets powerful because she also hasn't seen Mike in ten years and has been against the idea of Cal seeing him and the idea of Cal wrestling. It's a really good movie and it's your typical sports movie because it has to have the dilemma and the struggle someone goes through to be the best. It sort of reminds of the movie "Rudy" in the realm of undersized kid wants to play for Notre Dame vs Cal, a skinny, nerdy 135 pound kid who wants to be like his brother (6ft giant). The movie also stars Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon), Patricia Clarkson (Easy A) as Mrs. Chetley, and Madeleine Martin (Californication) as Lulu. I give the movie a B+ for effort.