
In this rousing crowd-pleaser, a former arm-wrestling champion raised in the US returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory. As he trains for the most intense fight he's ever faced, he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew.... (Full plot summary below)
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In this rousing crowd-pleaser, a former arm-wrestling champion raised in the US returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory. As he trains for the most intense fight he's ever faced, he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew.
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| AV ClubKatie RifeIf you've been missing the goofy earnestness of '80s action movies, then we've got good news-they haven't gone away, they simply changed location. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Evan SaathoffLike all the best Rocky movies, you'll get a lump in your throat from watching a good person triumph rather than fail. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckTo say that the storyline is cliched is giving it more credit than it deserves. But the film manages to succeed anyway, thanks largely to the quiet charisma and likeability of its physically imposing leading man who manages to hold his own even playing opposite the scene-stealing tykes. |
| South China Morning PostJames MarshFirst-time director Kim Yong-wan lays the melodrama on thick, and his cliched script never threatens to surprise. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThere's little in the underdog sports dramedy Champion that feels vital, aside from its star. |