The Smashing Machine - The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr
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Movie Reviews of The Smashing Machine - The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr
Movie Review: Interesting guy, boring DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
I've watched a lot of different 'real' fighting events, and Mark Kerr is one of the better performers. These guys work just as hard as pro-wrestlers, and take a lot more blows because most of these things are unscripted. And at the end of the day they don't make much money for their trouble. However the fact is this DVD will have you yawning in about 10 minutes. I can't really reccomend it.Movie Review: Amazing Look into the Life of an incredible athlete!
Summary: 5 Stars
Even if you're not a fan of Mixed Martial Arts, fighting, etc, this documentary will keep your attention for it's entirety. It will finally educate some of the ignorant as to what this sport is all about. The fighters, like Mark Kerr, train for hours a day in several styles of martial arts including Muay Thai, Wrestling, Boxing, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. They are without a doubt the most highly trained, finely-tuned athletes in the world. These are the guys who could take the Mike Tysons of the world and have them "tapping out" within minutes into a fight. This is real and the Steven Seagals, the Van Dammes, etc all know it and respect it.Mark Kerr allows the world to look at his life and all of the ups and downs that come his way.
Movie Review: Not bad
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a decent documentary, though it gives MMA a little more credit that it deserves. I watched Kerr fight a local boxer (granted with a great record) and lose pretty quickly. It's clear while these guys put a lot of heart and soul into it, they are no match for a fighter who has been training for years with pro-trainers.Still if you want to see a different side of a much maligned sport, this is worth your time. There are lots of guys who could have been real fighters but something went wrong along the way. Things like the MMA provide the 'almost were' a place to find pride and make a living. Don't dismiss it as WWF antics, these guys really give it their all.
Movie Review: Bad Ass!
Summary: 5 Stars
What is this Tom Keogh's trip? He is obviously not an athlete of any kind. This movie is hard, you get an honest in-depth look at one of the most intimidating dudes in MMA who explains, if you listen, how MMA is competitive sport of the highest level. It is pure competition between men. Why is it that in America everybody likes football where men beat each other up over an oblong ball, but direct competition between men (which involves balls, but not the kind you throw or catch) is considered violent? Folks, there are no victims in MMA.
Did I mention the DVD is bad-ass? Even my non-MMA-fan friends thought it was cool. Kerr has a body we cannot fathom, but when he talks about the experience of fighting, he is able to describe it so we regular folks who have never been in a pro fight can understand what type of deal it is.
Movie Review: Excellent Docu
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an excellent view into the world of MMA. More than any other film it gives a true insight that these men are true athletes who are disciplined, smart, and kind. Just as a linebacker tries to put a quarterback out of the game these men try to put out their opponents. This film finally humanizes this sport and my wife even watched it and like it.