Bloodsport : ECW's Most Violent Matches
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Movie Reviews of Bloodsport : ECW's Most Violent Matches
Movie Review: What about Raven?
Summary: 4 Stars
A five star DVD deserves a five star superstar. No Raven, no 5 stars. But a great DVD still. I'd recomend it. Especially to people who think it's all fake. Yeah, it's scripted, but how do you learn how to fall off a 35 foot balcony? You don't learn it. You just do it when the cameras are rolling and that takes guts, courage and b@ll$.Movie Review: To borrow a line from Saw 2...Oh yes, there WILL be blood!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you were to talk to any die-hard wrestling fan and ask what ECW means to them, you will find that it means a lot more than just Extreme Championship Wrestling. To most, ECW means the true definition of hardcore wrestling at its most brutal and most bloody. When the WWE bought ECW and thusly gained the entire ECW wrestling library, it learned that what it called "hardcore wrestling" was just a mere pale imitation of what ECW brought to the table.
When the WWE held ECW's One Night Stand last year, the fans got what they felt ECW rightfully deserved: the right to say what should have been a proper goodbye when ECW folded in 2001, and also to serve notice to those who had thought that the WWE was the lone survivor of what would be considered the big 3 promotion wars: ECW cannot and will not die!
In the 3rd official ECW video collection, ECW founder Paul Heyman went through the ECW library and chose 19 of the most brutal and most hardcore matches in ECW history, from ECW's infancy in the early 90's all the way up to the rebirth at One Night Stand. Heyman also introduces each match and gives some slight background into the feuds and battles behind each match.
Some standout matches include: A Taipei Death Match between Ian Rotten and his brother Axl (imagine taping up your hands, dipping them in super glue and then dipping them in BROKEN GLASS, and then going into a fight!), a classic intergender match between Beulah and Bill Alfonso, an ECW World Heavyweight Championship title match between Spike Dudley and Mike Awesome that sees Dudley go through more tables than should be humanly allowed, A match for the Tag Team titles that ends with someone going through a table SET ON FIRE, and much more.
Needless to say, the collection includes bonus features, alternate commentary on one match, and a music video. But this is definitely not for those with weak stomachs for blood, as with several matches the blood flows freely and often. Additionally, the discs are rated TV-MA for strong language and violence.
So if you already have Rise and Fall of ECW and One Night Stand, this definitely is an essential part of your ECW collection. Oh yes, there will be blood...and tables, chairs, barbed wire, cheese graters, ladders...
Movie Review: E-C-W!!! E-C-W!!! E-C-W!!! E-C-W!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD is one of the best i have ever seen. The level of extreme has NEVER been this intense. I was on the edge of my seat from the moment Mikey Shipwreck hit Rocko Rock over the head with a board, all the way to Tommy Dreamer hitting the Death Valley Driver to C.W. Anderson through the table. I saw quite possibly the most gruesome match in my life, which was none other than the barbed-wire match between Sabu and Terry Funk. But there were several other matches that astounded me, such as: RVD vs. Sabu in a stretcher match, Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee in a weapons match, Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis in a Mexican Death match, Beulah McGuillicutty vs. Bill Alfonso, and last but so far from least, the Dudley Boyz vs. Spike Dudley and Balls Mahoney. If you look up extreme in the dictionary, you need to add a mental image of Sabu and RVD, because the were just that in their stretcher match. Tommy Dreamer and Brian Lee's match didnt so much amaze as what happened after did. Tommy was choke-slammed right off of a balcony through 3 or 4 tables. Rey Mysterio and Psicosis werent TOO violent, but were just flyin' all over the place. Beulah absolutely destroyed Bill Alfonso; which is pretty funny seeing a girl kicked that much tail. And the Dudley Boyz match was just awesome as we saw a flaming table come out. But those most deinetly arent all of the matches; there are 19 in all along with several extras.
Basically if you are an ECW fan, or even just a fan of wrestling in general, you owe it to yourself to pick this one up. It is absolutely worth it's $15-$20 price tag. Just be warned that it earns it's TV-MA rating, because this one isnt for the squemish crowd. It will most definetly make you want to chant: E-C-W!! E-C-W!! E-C-W!! right along with the fans.
Movie Review: It's got the lude and rude, but not all the crude...
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, I've been a fan of ECW since I first saw Barely Legal in 1997, and I've gone to see them many times in Queens, NY. But I gotta be honest with you - when I think of the most violent ECW matches, you can't think about them without thinking about New Jack. Hello, did anyone forget about Living Dangerously 2000, and that fall during his match w/ Vic Grimes? What about Steve Corino and Jerry Lynn at Heat Wave 2000, where Corino's busted open so badly that Lynn picks up enough blood to write D-I-E? Don't get me wrong - I love the selections of matches, but the Tanaka/Awesome match at One Night Stand could have been omitted since ONS is already on DVD. I would have thought the Dreamer/Funk vs. Raven/Cactus match would have been on it, but then again, it's already released on Foley's Hits and Misses. All in all, though, the matches are great, and the picture is better than what was originally seen on MSG. I believe this DVD is for any fan of ECW, or pro-wrestling in general. The product itself is great, and a very good representation of what ECW was all about. Enjoy.Movie Review: Matches I want to see this year 2006 One Night Stand
Summary: 5 Stars
Kid Kash vs Chris Chetti
2 Cold Scorpio vs The Blue Meanie
Rob Van Dam vs John Kronus
Extreme Luchador Match
Rey Mysterio vs Super Crazy
Tommy Dreamer vs New Jack
and more!