The Iron Claw to Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

By: Stuart Heritage

5 July 2024 at 04:00

Jeremy Allen White and Zac Efron are terrific in a bone-breaking wrestling biopic, and Eddie Murphy resurrects the wisecracking Axel Foley!

Sean Durkin’s A24 wrestling biopic was initially touted as an Oscar contender and, while that didn’t come to pass, it’s nevertheless a tremendous piece of film-making. Telling the story of the Von Erich family, a clutch of athletic young men struggling to escape their overbearing father, it’s tragic and heartrending and – if you’re the right age – unbearably nostalgic. Better yet, it’s rammed with top-notch performances. The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, as Kerry Von Erich, proves he has a long future outside the show, and Zac Efron is nothing short of a total revelation as his brother Kevin. Honestly, where has he been hiding all these years?
Friday 12 July, Prime Video

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