狐狸猎手是一部剧情,传记,运动片，马克（查宁·塔图姆 Channing Tatum 饰）是一名职业摔跤手，在过去的职业生涯中，他也曾有过辉煌的胜利，然而，如今，一切光芒都已经散去，他不过只一个碌碌无为的无名小卒。马克的哥哥大卫（马克·鲁法洛 Mark Ruffalo 饰）也是一名摔跤手，兄弟两人彼此之间 关系十分要好，可是，马克明白，大卫有自己的家庭和事业，而自己却只有摔跤。 某日，马克意外受到了一位名为约翰（史蒂夫·卡瑞尔 Steve Carell 饰）的神秘富商的邀请，希望马克能够成为他所组建的摔跤队中的一员，在约翰的摔跤队中，马克找到了自己的价值所在，深受约翰重用的他成为了约翰唯一的朋友，然而，随着时间的推移，当大卫也加入了摔跤队后，一切都开始改变。 本片根据真实故事改编。
Based on true events, Foxcatcher tells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers. When Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont (Steve Carell) to move on to the du Pont estate and help form a team to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at his new state-of-the-art training facility, Schultz jumps at the opportunity, hoping to focus on his training and finally step out of the poverty striken situation Olympic caliber athletes like he and his revered brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo). Driven by hidden needs, du Pont sees backing Schultz's bid for Gold and the chance to "coach" a world-class wrestling team as an opportunity to gain the elusive respect of his peers and, more importantly, his disapproving mother (Vanessa Redgrave). Trapped in du Pont's majestic but suffocating world, Mark comes to see his benefactor as an egotistical, arrogant, and selfish megalomaniac and grows increasingly contemptuous. Though initially supportive, du Pont's mercurial personality turns and he begins to lure Mark into an unhealthy lifestyle that threatens to undermine his training. Soon du Pont's erratic behavior and threatening psychological game-play begin to erode the athlete's environment, stability, and motivation. Meanwhile du Pont becomes fixated on Dave, who exudes the confidence du Pont lacks. du Pont eventually realizes he is unable to buy the respect he so desperately desires from the world's greatest wrestlers. Fueled by du Pont's increasing paranoia and alienation from the brothers, the trio is propelled towards a tragedy no one could have foreseen.
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