No Holds Barred

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No Holds Barred

PG-13

1989

1h 31m

Action

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A TV-network boss (Kurt Fuller) pits a wrestler called Zeus against a wrestler called Rip (Hulk Hogan) in a racial match.

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Michael Wilmington

Los Angeles Times

May 29, 2013

3/5

The movie never takes itself seriously and director Tom Wright (TV's "Beauty and the Beast") has fun with the wrestling montages. Hogan himself has an appealing screen presence -- like a gallant teddy bear who goes berserk every 10 minutes or so.

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Liz Braun

Toronto Sun

May 29, 2013

Maybe we should mention that the gruesome violence in the movie was enough to make this adult wince.

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

May 29, 2013

0.5/4

For months now, Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro have been sitting in their dens and nervously clutching their Oscars. They knew that an unprecedented challenge was looming... the arrival of Hulk Hogan in his first starring role in a movie.

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

Oct 8, 2020

1/5

I feel so much dumber having watched this.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

Oct 8, 2020

1/5

This should have killed Hogan's career right here.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 14, 2014

Hogan as The Ripper is a force of nature here, and he makes "No Holds Barred" in to a fun action cartoon.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 10, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Horror fan 4

@Horrorfan4life Apr 6, 2026

Say what you want but this movie is highly entertaining. Hogan and Tinys performances alone are worth watching this Classic brawl between two heavyweights. The dialogue not the best but who really signed up for these characters to deliver lines. The final battle was amazing!!!!!!!!! Timothy Treakle

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 18, 2026

A success on home media. Action-packed wrestling movie in 1 hour and 31 minutes.

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Brandon T.

@bjtwack Oct 21, 2025

People who rate this low and talk down about No Holds barred just don't understand classic 80's movies

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Nov 7, 2024

After finding out that Hulk & Vince McMahon wrote the script I am not surprised that this film is an hour and a half of Hogan stroking his ego.

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Jesus T

@Jesus760 Jul 15, 2024

Made me nauseous and I threw up

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Synopsis

A TV-network boss (Kurt Fuller) pits a wrestler called Zeus against a wrestler called Rip (Hulk Hogan) in a racial match.

Director: Thomas J. Wright
Producer: Vince McMahon, Michael I. Rachmil
Screenwriter: Dennis Hackin
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.1M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Surround

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