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Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Except that Platt kind of won me over in Lake Placid. So I tried it. I loathe pro-wrestling. Pro-wrestlers can be amazing athletes but come on. That crap is cotton candy for the brain and it will cause neural-decay. Having said that, this movie is a must see for lovers of the low-brow! It has crazy-hot eye candy, great action, a surprisingly awesome cast, AND it will crown your funny-bone. If you let it, this show will RULE you! This is definitely watchable every couple of years.

In the late 90's, watching pro-wrestling was so popular, as the sport entertainment was reaching another golden age. This movie made for pro-wrestling fans was pretty mediocre at best. First off, the comedy film directed by Brian Robbins kinda insult wrestling fans by making them the lowest of the low. They act like watching wrestling was the lowest thing ever by having two of the most idiotic protagonists in sewage workers fanboys Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) whom trying to recaptured their favorite wrestler's spotlight by having Jimmy King (Oliver Platt) go after the championship belt after he been screw out of the championship by the promoter Titus Sinclair (Joe Pantoliano) and wrestler Diamond Dallas Page (playing himself). Both fan boys come off, as annoying, immature, gross-out man-child. Being call losers from everybody from fast food workers, grocery store clerks, and small time cops for liking wrestling, it felt like the movie is trying to make fun of wrestling fans for liking wrestling. That's isn't how we treat your target audience. Second off, the film has this complete garble between breaking kayfabe and keeping it. Then it shoot in the film to the point that it's doesn't make any sense. A good example of this is the plot. If the promoter because he doesn't want him to wrestle because the King was mistreating people, then there is no way, he would be able to come back. Why would anybody root for this guy, anyways? First off, Jimmy King doesn't even look like a wrestler and he is pretty awful person. If the film took so time, to explain more of Jimmy King's backstory, then it would make more sense if he was an aging ex-wrestler trying to get one last comeback similar to 2008's the Wrestler. Still, there is little charm to the character. It doesn't make sense for the adults to be still marking for this wrestler. How is Jimmy King even popular? He come up heelish, he does an awful rap and based on the movie, barely can wrestle, but he is able to be champion for so long? Also, did Jimmy King not have a contract? Why would you have a world champion without them being under contract? If, Titus Sinclair didn't want him to be in WCW, then why did he set up an expensive marketing PPV about his return to wrestling to challenge Diamond Dallas Page? Wouldn't promoting a real life shoot fight with a person that isn't under contract would land WCW in trouble with the law in real life because of the dangers of the match? It's doesn't make sense. In no way, would he get rehired. In real life, he would have been banned from any WCW events or kick out. Even if King won, Titus still own the company in the film, and could still fire him or strip him of the belt. Written by Steven Brill, the film is bit dated in its material, when the whole plot revolved around the World Championship Wrestling and its cohorts which has been defunct a year after the film's release. A lot of WCW wrestlers make cameos, and it's a great showcase of the talent back then. Still, you can tell the different between the actors and the wrestlers. Not by their acting skills, all the acting in this film was pretty bad. I'm talking about their look. Rose McGowan is supposed to be a Nitro Girl dancer, but in no way, does she even look like she belong there. Most of the other Nitro Girls were fitness models and were a bit meaty. Another sub character was Sal Bandini (Martin Landau). The sub-plot of Jimmy King getting train with Stu Hart like wrestler, Sal Bandini went nowhere as King doesn't use any submission moves in the final match. Most of the training scenes in this movie was very useless as it felt like filling scenes between the challenge and the fight. Even, the sub-plot about Gordie's father not wanting Gordie to become a wrestler seem force as Gordie was able to be a wrestler without little training. The biggest insult of this film was how they promote it. They had David Arquette win the World Championship on television against the wishes of the fans and wrestlers. In many reasons, actions such like these are the reason why a lot of WCW viewers turn off the program and turn to WWE (WWF at the time) for better entertaining values. No wrestling fan doesn't want to see a B-List actor win the title because he didn't earn it. It really did devalue the belt in such high regard. Anyways, the small amount of wrestling matches in the film were surprising good in my opinion. Diamond Dallas Page, Shane Helms and Kanyon did a great job training the actors and being stunt doubles. The humor and the comedy was below funny. It did had it funny moments, but all the groin kicking and toilet humor was pretty dumb. They even rip off jokes from 1995, Mallrats. That movie wasn't even funny, too. The movie draws its title from ring announcer Michael Buffer's catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" and Buffer sports a cameo in the film. Overall, the film wasn't that good, but it has it cult following due to its ties with wrestling. I'm not embarrassed of somewhat liking the movie a bit, too. Even if it's a bit dumb and predictable. Even if you're not a huge wrestling fan, there is enough 1990's nostalgia that might get you onboard to watching it. If you are a huge wrestling fan, it's a must watch. At less, watch it once.

As i read on another review this movie was not made to be a good movie but a fun one. Being a wrestling fan that was my original reason for watching this movie but now i watch it for a laugh. A lot of OTT humour I've seen in movies before is just downright pointless (e.g. that highly rated comedy called Anchorman) whereas the OTT humour has a point in this movie... to make fun of the fans of wrestling who take it too seriously.This it succeeds in and most of the laughs come from the two wrestling fans in moments where they are acting serious. Its just a shame then never sold it on DVD in the UK.All in all a great feel good movie, especially if your a wrestling fan, with lots of laughs all the way through this movie is thoroughly underrated as a comedy

Ready to Rumble doesn't much going for it at a glance. Gordie (David Arquette) and Sean (Scott Caan) are two adolescent boys trapped in the bodies of twenty-something sewage workers from Lusk, Oklahoma. The WCW is their passion and as true die hards, they brook no criticism of the sport's veracity. Their nights are spent in a convenience store parking lot jawing with junior high school students. These men are losers through and through. And yet there is something innately likable about these boy-men. They are losers in the sense that Rocky Balboa was a loser; they were born with nothing into the middle of nowhere, blessed with naught but dogged determination and unwavering faith in their cause. Ready to Rumble follows their quest to restore an even bigger loser to his former glory. That loser is disgraced professional wrestler Jimmy "The King" King (a terrific Oliver Platt). King is a hero and role model to the boys from Lusk, who know him only from his television persona. In reality, King is an alcoholic who spends his days in drag, hiding from child support collectors in a secluded trailer. He has been exiled to Palookaville by corrupt wrestling promoter Titus Sinclair (the always unctuous Joe Pantoliano).The story is told kayfabe; that is to say, the filmmakers would have us believe that wrestling is a real sport and these athletes are really beating one another to a pulp in the ring, night after night. So when a gang of professional wrestlers dive off of the four corners of the ring to deliver a four man head butt to the fallen King, we are expected to cringe at the brutality. When King is unjustly stripped of the title, we are expected to feel outrage on his behalf. And when the boys travel cross country on a search for their hero, we are expected to feel excitement at the prospect of King's triumphant return. Personally, I had no such experiences as a viewer, yet something about this very simple film moved me. At its core, Ready to Rumble is the story of an emperor disrobed. Oliver Platt gives a commendable performance as King, a boorish oaf still capable of feeling shame. This man is no Bret Hart, no Hulk Hogan; no "Stone Cold" Steve Austin he. King fights dirty, drinks heavily, and mistreats his only supporters constantly. That by the end of the film I came to care about this man and his struggle is a true credit to Oliver Platt, one of Hollywood's finest unsung actors. Above all what touched me about Ready to Rumble was the faith of the two boys in their hero. Initially it was so undeserved it occasionally strained credulity; other times it was merely heartbreaking. But if there is one thing a viewer ought to take from Ready to Rumble, it is the testament borne to the transformational power of faith. By the end of the film, King has paid the cost of redemption and becomes the hero the boys always perceived him to be. The film's message is the following: as we believe, so shall it be.As a self important film snob, I would be remiss if I didn't note duly the many things in Ready to Rumble I could have done without. This film is supposed to be a comedy, but its humor mostly comes in the form of juvenile absurdity. Perhaps Adam Sandler fans will enjoy the adolescent mischief, but I mostly found it a distraction from what could have been a compelling drama in the hands of a more capable director. In a forced subplot, Gordie's overbearing father, the town sheriff, is hell-bent on getting Gordie to follow in his footsteps. He'd rather see his son find a steady career in law enforcement than spend the rest of his life a wrestling obsessed sewage handler. This man is introduced as an antagonist, but bluntly, I found his position very sympathetic. Who could blame him for attempting to intrude on his adult son's adolescent fantasy? Moreover, Rose McGowan plays a conniving, unlikable tart that Gordie becomes quite stricken with. Her character really doesn't have much of a reason for existing other than to cram an attractive actress into a Nitro-girls outfit. And of course the ending is all too pat, as it must be in a film that takes place in the WCW universe.For all of its faults, I was surprised to find myself enjoying Ready to Rumble. I came to care deeply about its well meaning protagonists and their fallen hero. Arquette, Caan, Pantoliano, and especially Platt all show their stripes as actors, turning what could have been a farce into a compelling journey of redemption. I can't quite give the film a recommendation, but it's underdog story and rock solid performances struck a chord with me.