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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ready To Rumble (2000), 18 Mar 2004
If you like wrestling, or even if you hate it, watch this film. This film happens to be one of my personal favourites, thanks to it's lack of seriousness, and outrageous characters. The story revolved around two twenty something's, Sean(Scott Caan - Gone In 60 Seconds, Ocean's Eleven) and Gordie (Arquette - Scream 1&2, Never Been Kissed), who clean port-o loo's for a living. When they get two tickets to see their favourite wrestler, Jimmy 'The King' (Platt - Lake Placid, Three To Tango), they are crushed when he is cheated out of his title thanks to the evil Tidus Sinclaire (Pantoliano - The Matrix, Sky One's 'The Handler'). So they decide to do what any devoted fan would... help get their hero the title back, but when they find Jimmy in a trailer park dressed as a woman, they know there is much work to be done.Excellent performances from Rose McGowen as Sasha, the evil nitro girl and Martin Landau, as Sal Bandini, Jimmy's new mentor and psychopathic REAL wrestler. Not to mention DDP (Himself) as Jimmy arch enemy. Bill Goldberg (Himself) also manages a few lines, though this WCW, or rarther WWE superstar, is no stranger to the bid screen, appearing in Univeral Soldier: The Return, along side the muscles from brussles, Jean-Claude Van Damme (amasing how small he looks in comparison to Goldberg).
If you don't like this film then, I'm afraid there is nothing I can do for you. Just take it as it is, and enjoy the predictable plot... with unpredictable characters. Definatlly one for all the family to enjoy. People keep saying you have to be a wrestling fan to like this... I'm not... well wasn't. Give it a shot, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The King will rule you!!!!, 25 Feb 2002
By A Customer
In this comedy, Gordie(David Arquette) accompanied by his buddy Sean(Scott Caan) set out to help their favourite WCW superstar, Jimmy King, regain his WCW title which was taken from him unfairly by DDP on the orders of a sadistic manager. Unfortunately for Gordie and Sean, they cant accept that wrestling is fake and believe that their hero is super powerful.
After finding their hero drunk in a camper van, wearing womens clothes(dont ask) and fired from the WCW, Gordie & Scott get a rematch for the title for the King and set about training him for this historic Triple cage match at the next PPV.
Almost all situations in this film are funny as hell, such as the "bedroom match" between Gordie and one of the Nitro Girls(Rose McGowan) where she uses a few "foreign objects". Another situation that comes to mind is Perry Saturn (now with the WWF) & Sid Vicious breaking into an eldery man's apartment and much to everyones suprise, the old man beats up Sid and puts Perry in a submission move making him cry like a girl.
I mainly bought this film because i had never watched WCW ever and now that i will never be able to see it (cos the WWF bought them and used them as a storyline rather than a seperate program), so i just wanted to see what i had missed.
Not alot really because it looks realy shoddy and small time. But it was dead funny pointing out some of the wrestlers you knew. Like one of the characters will be walking through a corridor, and in the background showing Booker T (now WWF, "can you dig it sucka?"), Goldberg, Mr Perfect, Billy Kidman and Sting, to name a few.
In recap, this is a damn fine movie with alot of good laughs and well worth the money for any wrestling fans.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Wrestling flick that's actually funny! No, honestly!, 28 Sep 2001
When I first heard that there was going to be a movie based around WCW I could imagine how stupid it would turn out. But I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it for the first time. It portrays the wrestling world for what it is, and it shows us some of the "marks" who live for Jimmy King, nicely played by Oliver Platt. The comedy isn't academy award winning, but it's pretty funny stuff at times. David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Rose McGowan and Martin Landau put on very good performances and seeing the likes of Sting, Goldberg, DDP and Sid Viscious playing themselves is great fun to watch. Well worth watching, even if it only acts as nostalgia for the "old" WCW."Sal Mandini, wanna wrestle?"
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