Ready to Rumble (2000)

Gordy (David Arquette of the Scream movies) and Sean (Scott Caan of Varsity Blues) are rabid fans of professional wrestling--in particular, white trash champion Jimmy King (Oliver Platt, Funny Bones, Flatliners). But the show's producer Titus Sinclair (Joe Pantoliano, The Matrix) decides it's time for King to lose his crown and allows Diamond Dallas Page (playing himself) and assorted cronies to tromp all over the fallen King. Crestfallen, Gordy and Sean track King down to convince him to take another shot at the big time. Although in the process they discover that King may not be the man they thought he was, their faith never falters. With the training assistance of an old-school wrestler (Martin Landau), they get King back into the ring to face the triple steel cage. Ready to Rumble is clearly aimed at wrestling fans, who will doubtless enjoy numerous professional wrestlers playing themselves, including Goldberg and Sting, as well as the scantily clad Nitro Girls. The movie isn't exactly Shakespeare, but it has a raffish, affable charm. The jokes stick to the basics, such as people being kicked in the groin and nuns singing Van Halen's "Running with the Devil" with their crystalline soprano voices. And what's wrong with that? As a comedy team, Arquette and Caan aren't Abbott and Costello--they're not even Bill and Ted--but they give it their all and you may find them surprisingly engaging. --Bret Fetzer Amazon.com

More of Pretty Kitty, please...

Ready to Rumble brings to the screen the story of two down-on-their-luck guys from Lusk, Wyoming, who have a traumatic experience when their hero, a wrestling champion called Jimmy King, loses his title as result of a fixed match. That is when they take it upon themselves to have their king placed back on his throne...
David Arquette, Oliver Platt, and the rest of the cast carry out their performances well.
In short, the music is great, the acting is pretty good, the plot/setting is interesting (great if you are wrestling fan), while the dialogues are average and sometimes below average.
In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will provide for an evening's entertainment. 3.5 Stars
July 25, 2006

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT TO GUYS CALLED GORDY SEAN THAT ARE HUGE FANS OF WCW(WCW IS NO LONGER AROUND.) AFTER THERE FAVORETE WRESTLER JIMMY KING LOSES A MATCH HE IS FORCED TO RETIRE. THEN THEY TRY TO GET HIM BACK INTO WRESTLING. THIS MOVIE IS PRETTY FUNNY AND IS GREAT IF YOU ARE A WRESTLING FAN OR NOT. THERE IS ALSO SEVRAL FORMER WCW AND CURRENT WWE WRESTLERS IN THIS FUNNY MOVIE!!!!!!! LIKE I SAID BEFORE BUY IT IF YOU ARE A WRESTLING FAN OR NOT BECAUSE YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE AND I PROMISE IT. July 14, 2006

Great Wrestling Movie

This is a great movie. I loved every moment in this movie. But I wish that Flair and Hogan would have been in this movie same with Nash and Hall and Benoit and Guerrero. Oh Well the story is great I hope in the future that they have the sequel when Kings in WWE or TNA. March 4, 2006

History Visited briefly.

Due to the Non-Existant brand of WCW, it does show some former Classic WCW wrestlers and a couple Current WWE Wrestlers, so even if you dont like comedies yet enjoy Wrestling, you might wannna check this out.

However if your into both, or even history of wrestling, might actually be the movie for you.

Plus the price on it is decent enough to check it out. February 21, 2006

Surprisingly funny

This is a very well written film. It's stoopid and sweet and charming and at times really funny. It's got a Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure vibe to it with a little bit of Raising Arizona quirkiness and a few digs at the Rocky genre. It's got wry humor and slapstick--something for everybody.

I stumbled on this buddy movie on TV, and I was hooked within minutes; I'd never heard of it before. The two main characters are so simple and so disarming, you buy right into the plot. Look, it's not a work of art, but it's not a bad way to spend a couple of hours. I had some good laughs. February 21, 2006

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