Chokeslam (2016)

A mild-mannered deli clerk finally gets a second chance to pursue his high school sweetheart, a notorious female professional wrestler, when she returns for their ten-year reunion.

Director:

Robert Cuffley

Writers:

Robert Cuffley, Jason Long

Stars:

Chris Marquette, Amanda Crew, Michael Eklund

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Chris Marquette	...	Corey Swanson
Amanda Crew	...	Sheena DeWilde
Michael Eklund	...	Luke Petrie
Niall Matter	...	Tab Hennessy
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Janet
Mick Foley	...	Patrick
Harry Smith	...	Merciless Mordecai
Paul James Saunders	...	Bruno / Horatio
Barry Flatman	...	Malcolm
Chelsea Anne Green	...	Angel (as Chelsea Green)
Graham Bell	...	Referee / Hardware Supervisor
Agam Darshi	...	Dr. Hayden
Meghan Heffern	...	Evelyn
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryland Alexander	...	Doctor
Marc Berube	...	Bodyguard

Storyline

A mild-mannered deli clerk finally gets a second chance to pursue his high school sweetheart, a notorious female professional wrestler, when she returns for their ten-year reunion.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Regina Exhibition Stadium, where the wrestling rink scenes were shot, was built in 1919. It is slated to be demolished in December 2016 along other buildings to upgrade or replace rundown or obsolete facilities.

User Reviews

Embarrassing Even By Pro Wrestling Standards

Amanda Crew seriously needs to change management, she done got stuck in another drizzler. A girl with those looks & to be continuously misused and abused in these horrible movies is an embarrassment

Chelsea Green is a welcome & pleasant surprise. She's the best of the few wrestling has-beens in this flick. She truly has a bright future ahead of her provided she plays the politics well enough.

The movie's basically about a small town girl that makes it big on the wrestling circuit and, for one reason or another, is contemplating packing it in. Amanda has a guy who's hot for her (naturally) and he lusts to be by her side.

This movie seems to have been made by a committee of people with a slew of different ideas & things they wanted to implement in it. It's a slow steady snoozer with a lackluster plot, flimsy & unfunny inside jokes, no drama to speak of (Hint: showing the female wrestlers working through their match for that night's main event nullifies the heat you're looking to get). Absolutely and I mean TOTALLY 0% chemistry between Amanda and the male lead.

Amanda & Chelsea, as beautiful as they are, cannot carry this movie>everyone in the movie can act to one degree or another but the plot, the direction, and the script, and the editing is severely lacking.

You have been warned: this has to be one of the worst wrestling -themed movies I've seen in my life thus far. It's like a long winded, pointless, clumsy wrestling promo that falls apart at the seams...and it keeps going & going. It's enough to make a guy turn heel forever on the people who thought making this movie was a good idea.

Details

Country:

Canada

Release Date:

10 February 2017 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Chokeslam

Filming Locations:

Regina's Exhibition Auditorium, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD2,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chaos, a Film Company, Karma Film Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min