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Knucklehead

Knucklehead

Released PG-13 100 min 5.1/10 Votes: 2667
A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a break when a 450 pound church handyman who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.
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  • Sugar
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