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No Holds Barred
TrailerRip is the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion who is approached by Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, who wants Rip to wrestle for his network. Rip refuses and goes back to his normal life. Brell initiates a show called 'The Battle of the Tough Guys', and Zeus, wins the competition. This gets Brell to use him as an angle to get at Rip.Genre: ActionActors: Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller, Tommy Tiny Lister, Mark Pellegrino, Bill Henderson, Charles Levin, David Paymer, Patrick OBryan, Jesse Ventura, Gene Okerlund, ...»Director: Thomas J. WrightCountry: United StatesDuration: 93 minQuality: HDRelease: 1989IMDb: 4.30 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Actors of "No Holds Barred"
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Characters of "No Holds Barred"
Rip
Played by: Hulk Hogan
Zeus
Played by: Tommy 'Tiny' Lister -
Directors of "No Holds Barred"
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Critic Reviews of "No Holds Barred"
Los Angeles Times
May 29, 2013The movie never takes itself seriously and director Tom Wright (TV's "Beauty and the Beast") has fun with the wrestling montages. Hogan himself has an appealing screen presence -- like a gallant teddy bear who goes berserk every 10 minutes or so.
Toronto Sun
May 29, 2013Maybe we should mention that the gruesome violence in the movie was enough to make this adult wince.
Philadelphia Inquirer
May 29, 2013For months now, Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro have been sitting in their dens and nervously clutching their Oscars. They knew that an unprecedented challenge was looming... the arrival of Hulk Hogan in his first starring role in a movie.
Chicago Tribune
May 29, 2013The film is utterly lacking in the campy quality of the World Wrestling Federation telecasts.
New York Times
May 20, 2003As cartoonish as its star.
Washington Post
January 01, 2000Charmless, stupid and badly made, No Holds Barred makes Rocky look like Citizen Pain.
Cinema Crazed
April 14, 2014Hogan as The Ripper is a force of nature here, and he makes "No Holds Barred" in to a fun action cartoon.
People Magazine
May 29, 2013Racist, misogynist, dumb, sadistic, lazy and tiresome, the film is about a big bout between a huge heroic white guy and a huge villainous black guy.
Philadelphia Daily News
May 29, 2013The final showdown between Rip and Zeus is overlong and full of uninspired wrestling stunts. The camera crews of the World Wrestling Federation do a much better job.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 29, 2013While wrestling fans surely will queue up to see their boy win the day, No Holds Barred is just a sweaty headlock of a film, with dreary, gory scenes and a bunch of slope-headed hokum to propel it.
TV Guide
May 29, 2013Some may find the cartoonish violence excessive; the champion Tough Guy can't be anyone but a good guy, but that doesn't stop him from doling out to his enemies a very painful punishment.
BrianOrndorf.com
August 26, 2009Barred is tremendously crude, unapologetically manipulative (Zeus finally breaks down Rip's reserve by crippling his kid brother), and aimed directly at easily entertained 13-year-old boys.
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