The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth (2018) User Reviews

A must see film for athletes and fitness enthusiasts

[heleninnamorato · 7/10 · 3 May 2018]

Just fantastic to be able to watch these incredible athletes. They capture it all ... power, endurance, functionality, flexibility, the entire range of human exercise physicality. Its really a must see for those into working out and exercising. You will find the movie extremely inspirational. A 10 rating in that regard. On the other hand, everything else in terms of filming was quite weak. The movie was choppy and poorly directed. Overall, I give this film a 7 out of 10 and again, a must see for those into fitness.

Inspiration

[luttrell1973 · 8/10 · 23 August 2018]

I loved this documentary, it really focuses on the hard work and commitment that these athletes have. It was emotional and inspiring in equal parts.

Good apart from the lies

[kjjames81 · 6/10 · 12 January 2020]

This is a very good film, one which I have watched quite a few times but as other reviewers have stated every now and then the film talk to the makers of Crossfit about the use of drugs in the sport and all the time they are saying no that none of the big names are taking something, they are, 100% they are taking performance enhancing drugs. It would have been better if they had said yes we know most of the athletes are taking something and we are trying to stamp it out.

Stop treating the audience like idiots.

Inspiring

[patrickbirkett · 9/10 · 29 December 2019]

Despite what the naysayers are saying, I thought this documentary was excellent. Well produced. Good story lines. You can feel the emotion of the athletes. Makea me want to get out there and exercise, which is basically all I was looking for.

"Steroids have never effected the leaderboards in our Sport of crossfit"

[AnonymousMouseMan · 7 July 2018]

So right off the bat you know the movie is propaganda. Do people think steroids and PEDs don't make you physically stronger/faster and more agile? Because they 100% do and are used by the best, that's why they're the best. They took it to another level, this documentary pretends drugs don't help their best athletes. What a joke of a documentary, how can I take it seriously after an opening like that?

to all crossfit lovers

[pedroribeirosantos · 9/10 · 14 November 2018]

My only critic is that some athletes are not so documented as others but the value is similar. great for spending 1h30 hours off entertainment

Better than Functional Fitness (2016) but ...

[Jay_Rusty · 5/10 · 25 November 2019]

Much better than the abysmal Functional Fitness (2016), with higher production values and more interesting plot lines, but also with an inflated run-time. The event consists of 4 consecutive days of ultra-gruelling activities; what is suspiciously missing in this documentary is a description of how the athletes recover every night to come back and compete the next day (a few quick shots of ice baths, notwithstanding) and also what do they eat and what do they drink, to be able to perform at such high level for 4 consecutive days. It makes it quite hypocritical to throw Ricky Garard under the bus for using PEDs, because there is absolutely no way for all other athletes to perform in a super-human fashion for 4 straight days while being 100% natural; the human body is simply not made to function like this, to carry a lot of lean muscle mass with very little fat and to perform the intense activities that are showcased in this documentary. It is common knowledge that drug testing can be easily beaten, with the help of professionals. Drug scandals are rampant in sport, e.g. the Olympics, body building competitions, cycling, baseball, football, etc. I repeat: Drug test can be easily passed with the help of the right professionals.

The steroid games part 2

[jonathanmarklund · 1/10 · 24 April 2019]

Every single one of these people are on steroids. The human body is not biologically able to recover from that much strain in such a short amount of time. Nobody walks around with 7-8% bodyfat, lifts over 300 lbs and runs several endurance performances in 1 week without the help of serious amount of drugs. No amount of training is going to overcome the neurological limitations that the human body has.

At one point they comment on "you can't look at a person and see if they are on steroids", but you can look on their numbers and realize that they are. Compare what they are doing to Olympic athletes and you'll see that they are often putting in as high or higher results than olympic freaking competitors. And the Games is the golden standard of steroid use. The Olympics is often a state-sponsored doping program. And here we see a privately founded circus for performance enhancing drugs.

Stick to the events

[rynewilson · 2/10 · 17 July 2018]

2017s Fittest on earth documentary was great! It was focused on the events and we all received a lot of insight on what was going on in the athletes mind during these events. Now this years documentary was about everything else but the actual events and it was terrible! I do not know why they decided to focus on everything but the events and the athletes! Very disappointed

VERY ANNOYING TO WATCH!

[cwade22 · 5/10 · 5 April 2019]

Every few seconds, the LOUD MUSIC came on, and had to adjust volume. Barely hear the talking, so add subtitles and barely helps. These movies are always annoying to watch. Turn volume up to hear them blabbing, then I'm in kitchen drinking water, EXTREMELY LOUD MUSIC COMES ON, run over to turn volume down, so neighbors don't wake up! So ANNOYING! Also, the description indicated they would test them for steroids but didn't! I KNOW these girls and dudes are taking drugs. Not all, but some are! You can't have a beautiful female like katrin davidsdottir have big blocky abs and is natural. But do I still love Katrin davidsdottir and want to snuggle with Her and make babies with Her?! OF COURSE! Is she taking steroids? Maybe. Want to watch movies like this but they REALLY need to stop fluctuating the audio so much. STOP WITH THE EXTREMELY LOUD MUSIC! Turn their mics up so I can hear them.