Knucklehead is a 2010 American comedy film starring Big Show (Paul Wight), Melora Hardin, Mark Feuerstein, and Dennis Farina.
It was released on October 22, 2010 in select theaters and garnered strongly negative reviews from critics, who found fault in the film's premise, execution, and clichéd tropes.
Fellow rival Memphis Earl has also trained a bigger, scarier fighter named Redrum for the tournament.
Eddie enters a church and asks God to let him find a good fighter in time for the tournament.
While Eddie gives Walter a pep talk to get him riled up, the kid's dad notices the fights and goes on a rampage, telling everyone to get out of his yard.
Eddie calls his dad who got injured because of Earl and Redrum and tells him to enter the tournament and win to avenge him.
They tell her of the situation and remember that at a nearby carnival there was a sign that offered anyone to fight a grizzly bear with a $500 prize.
Meanwhile, Memphis Earl discovers that Walter is a serious threat and might win the tournament, so he decides to adopt Henry and hold him hostage.
The group walks to a gas station and Eddie goes in to ask for directions to a rental car company.
Finally arriving in New Orleans, Eddie checks the group in to a luxury hotel, plans a pre-fight celebration for a night on the town and buys Mary a dress and Walter a tuxedo.
This results in a fight, ending with Mary knocking out the waitress with a spinning heel kick.
However, after the call ends a fellow worker informs the owner that they can't find Henry.
When she confronts Eddie, before he can explain the situation the orphanage workers reveal that Memphis Earl has kidnapped Henry and is holding him hostage, unless Walter takes a dive in the fight.
Eddie plans to have the match stalled while the workers look for Henry, knowing that Earl won't leave with Redrum in the ring.
[5] Film Journal International called it a "lame comedy about a big doofus who enters the fight game manages to take every cliché in the book and render them even more clichéd.