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No Holds Barred<\/i><\/b> is silly and yet a lot fun with the overacting from Hulk Hogan and Tommy \u201cTiny\u201d Lister and Kurt Fuller milks his villainous scenes whenever possible reminding you why the 1980s was such a glorious time for overkill in the acting department.<\/p>\n
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No Holds Barred<\/span> Genre(s): <\/b>Sports, Comedy, Drama DISC INFO: Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1) <\/p>\n Plot Outline: <\/b>When world wrestling champion Rip Thomas (HULK HOGAN) refuses to join a competing network, an evil executive (KURT FULLER) creates a new program, \u201cThe Battle of the Tough Guys,\u201d where rules don\u2019t exist and men engage in an all-out brawl for money. After a murdering ex-convct by the name of Zeus (TOMMY \u201cTINY\u201d LISTER) comes out on top as the toughest man, an ultimate title match with Flip is the TV network\u2019s best chance for big ratings. But when Rip refuses the challenge and his brother is roughed-up as a consequence, the world champion has no choice but to teach Zeus a lesson in a final No Holds Barred<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n Summerslam Match (29:51; SD)<\/span><\/b> is a fight taking place in 1989 between Zeus & Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake.<\/p>\n \u201cNo Holds Barred\u201d Steel Cage Match (18:12; SD)<\/span><\/b> is another battle fight with Savage\/Zeus and Hogan\/Beefcake.<\/p>\n Photo Gallery<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Previews<\/b> \u2013 Barricade<\/i>, Bending the Rules<\/i>, The Chaperone<\/i>, Inside Out<\/i>, Knucklehead<\/i>, Legendary<\/i>, The Reunion<\/i>, That\u2019s What I Am<\/i><\/p>\n No Holds Barred<\/i><\/b> makes its debut on Blu-ray presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and has been given a digitally remastered 1080p high-definition transfer. Considering the kind of movie this is and the era was filmed, I found the picture to be relatively good looking with decent detail levels and colors appear to be well balanced. However, the noise level is on the splotchy side and might not be the prettiest looking on the smaller screen but it\u2019s a good upgrade over its DVD counterpart I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track displays the numerous fights in all their glory along with the classic 1980s score by Jim Johnston. Although the LFE was relatively low key, the other channels get a fair amount of use, especially the center speaker where the main action is funneled to and rear speakers relegated for ambient noises and the aforementioned score.<\/p>\n Overall, No Holds Barred<\/i><\/b> is silly and yet a lot fun with the overacting from Hulk Hogan and Tommy \u201cTiny\u201d Lister and Kurt Fuller milks his villainous scenes whenever possible reminding you why the 1980s was such a glorious time for overkill in the acting department. The new Blu-ray released by RLJ offers new HD transfers and, for fans of the WWF, two fights to go along with a photo gallery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Published: <\/b>04\/09\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No Holds Barred is silly and yet a lot fun with the overacting from Hulk Hogan and Tommy \u201cTiny\u201d Lister and Kurt Fuller milks his villainous scenes whenever possible reminding you why the 1980s was such a glorious time for overkill in the acting department. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2820],"class_list":["post-7067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-hulk-hogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27660,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions\/27660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nRLJ Entertainment | PG13 \u2013 94 min. \u2013 $19.98 | April 1, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Thomas J. Wright
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Dennis Hackin (written by)
\nCast: <\/b>Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller, Tommy \u2018Tiny\u2019 Lister, David PaymerTheatrical Release Date: <\/b>June 2, 1989<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Other, Photo Gallery
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/b>24.1 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\nTHE MOVIE<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\nSPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nVIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nAUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nOVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n