Legendary (2010)

"I told their father I'd watch out for them if anything ever happened to him ?" That sounds a lot like a line you'd here in a war movie doesn't it ? Legendary isn't a war movie though, it's about high school wrestling. Yet, when Cal Chetley (Devon Graye) reveals to his mother Sharon (Patricia Clarkson) that he wants to join the wrestling team, she reacts as if he said he wants to join the marines.

Cal's brother Mike (John Cena) and his father were so into wrestling that the father died in a car accident on the way to scope out one of Mike's opponents. So Mike is now a drunk bar fighting loner that keeps himself as far away from his family as possible due to blaming himself. When Cal needs to get better at wrestling, he goes see Mike behind his mother's back. Mike is hard to convince at first, but of course Cal eventually gets his help.

Cal becomes more confident, gets a girlfriend and takes on his bullies, no this isn't the Karate Kid. The film is over the top sentimental, but it won me over anyway due to Graye and yes John Cena having chemistry. The film even got a tear or 2 out of me.

Cena, I found surprisingly solid in the first half. I bought that he was a troubled man and he was better than usual and I almost believed that he could act. In the second half when he becomes nicer and a role model, he just phones in his performance and is about as wooden as he usually is in movies. Madeleine Martin however was adorable as Cal's girlfriend. Legendary may not be original but compared to all the other WWE films it's the best. It's a good family film.

After being an ex-Marine & a New Orleans detective, John Cena returns to another WWE film with "Legendary." The movie revolves about a book-smart teenager named Calvin Chetley a.k.a. "Cal" (Devon Graye) who goes to high school in Oklahoma, lives with his mom Sharon (Patricia Clarkson), has a female best friend name Lulu (Madeleine Martin) who clearly has more than just "friendship" feelings for him which he's obivious to, and developed a friendship with an older man (Danny Glover) who looks out for him with good advice. He goes out for the wrestling team knowing the history with his brother & late-father having success in the sport, despite the fact that his mother is against it, but just has no luck at it. On the other side is Cal's brother Mike (Cena) who is a former All-American but very distant from his family, hard on his luck, and somehow keeps getting into trouble. Cal asked Mike to help train him initially & refused until Cal helped him out in court causing Mike to return the favor & train Cal leading to the brothers bonding together & Cal having better success wrestling. However they both still have to deal with issues throughout the movie like facing the issue that caused Mike to be so distant from not just Cal but his mother, Lulu & Cal's relationship evolving into something more, and Mike's past catching up to him.

This movie was unlike any previous WWE film in that this wasn't an action based movie as it was more focused on being a more serious family drama. Cena's role in the movie was very similar to Mr. Kennedy's (now Mr. Anderson in Total Nonstop Action wrestling) role in a previous WWE film "Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia" where he played more of a supporting role than the main character he was in his previous two movies. I think this was definately Cena's best acting effort as his first two movies had him playing the sterotypical strong "superman" good guy while he showed diversity here with him playing a guy who clearly had some emotional issues with a bad attitude in the first half of the film. The acting with everyone else was very good & the best cast put together for a WWE film to date along with the multiple stories being told throughout the film. In the end, I enjoyed the movie & stories being told (I've personally had a situation like this happened to me so I could heavily relate) so I would recommend this for a viewing.

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high praise for legendary if your a true wrestling fan you will love this movie john cena is great in this I don't like everything wwe does these days but this one's a hit the wwe product may have hit a bump in the road but don't let that stop you from going to see the movie can't wait for the dvd to come out cheer's for cena not boo's fan's who boo him go see it you might enjoy this

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Movie was a good family movie but I did not get the movie from here the guy said it just didn't arrive. I waited three weeks and then e mailed him and he refunded my money so I went to wal mart and bought it. I was really surprised there wasn't even an explanation on why I didn't received it.

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This movie has beautiful subtlety from start to finish. There are many moments in this movie that have the potential of being sappy or overacted or dumb, but the director did a great job of not allowing any of that to happen. If you have Netflix it is available for Instant Viewing. I highly recommend this film!

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