The Iron Claw’s more truthful about the Texas-bred religionism of sports and hyper-masculinism than Friday Night Lights and all that sort of lore. The Iron Claw lies about how it all plays out and there are scads of problems with the plot and characters. The Von Erich family legend may or may not be true to what’s portrayed in The Iron Claw. But The Iron Claw gets faith, religion and a family’s rot and bloodlust as right as can be.
