Ready to Rumble

The film Ready to Rumble is an American action-comedy from 2000 with David Arquette and Scott Caan in the lead roles. She plays in the wrestling milieu.

Action

Gordie Boggs and Sean Dawkins are two quirky birds as they are in the book. From their fellow human beings, although labeled as eternal loser, the two drivers of a sewage truck to be glowing wrestling fans if they see regularly on television, the stars of WCW. It has done to them especially the (fictitious ) Athlete Jimmy King, in his capacity crowd favorite and reigning heavyweight champion. As the league with the show "Monday Nitro" guest appearances in the area, Gordie and Sean take at the opportunity to look at their star up close and familiarize themselves with their vices on the way to the hall.

What the two (and the audience on the TV screen ) but not heard: you behind the scenes of WCW, the power struggle has begun. Although everything is agreed, goes behind the quote greedy promoter Titus Sinclair the narcissistic in real life Jimmy King in the title match against Diamond Dallas Page. Page gets secretly awarded the title and secures the assistance of several this ring colleague, the King in the ring before the eyes of all the fans reflected. Gordie and Sean, who also sit in the audience are horrified.

After them in the first shock has settled, they decide that they themselves do something and Jimmy must lead back to the top of WCW again. After a long search they finally find Jimmy: he burned off and vegetate in a seedy flophouse to herself and fears the return to the ring as much as the confrontation with his ex - wife Eugenia. Gordie and Sean take on Kings and train him with the help of the old ring fox Sal Bandini until Jimmy finally is back where he was before. They are supported here by Sasha, one of the dancer of the show group "Nitro Girls" who begins an affair with Gordie.

After several hours of work Jimmy is fit again and calls for a further WCW ShowPage out to a title match that this also assumes immediately. But soon afterwards, Sinclair plays his last trump: the title fight between King and Page will be fought as a so -called Triple Cage Match. To gain the fighter must bring the title belt itself, which has three pyramidal prepared steel wire cages attached to the ceiling. In addition, should the wrestlers objects, which are suspended in the cages against each use.

The match will take place at a big event and Jimmy has some trouble to prevail, as Sinclair use of every opportunity to harm his former protégé. Among other things, Gordie finds out that Sasha works for Sinclair and the flirting should only serve to sabotage the progress with King. In the end it creates Jimmy King, however, with the assistance of Gordie and the wrestler Bill Goldberg, to throw Page through all three cages and the lost heavyweight - to secure title.

Jimmy is back at the top of WCW and reconciles with Eugenia, while Sean and Gordie are hailed as heroes

Reviews

Roger Ebert criticized in the Chicago Sun - Times, 7 April 2000, Oliver Platt was miscast in the film.

Awards

Scott Workman was nominated for a Taurus Award.

Trivia

  • The film was shot from August to December in 1999 and played in the U.S. twelve million U.S. dollars.
  • "Ready to Rumble " was realized with the assistance and participation of Wrestling League "World Championship Wrestling", which also produced the film. The film also countless former superstars and champions occurred which quasi played himself. The following wrestlers can be seen: Bill Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Steve " Sting " Borden, Bam Bam Bigelow, Juventud Guerrera, Van Hammer, Curt Hennig, Prince Iaukea, Disco Inferno, Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Perry Saturn, Randy Savage, Booker T, Sid Vicious and ring announcer Michael Buffer.
  • The the time of shoot still existing WCW used the film and all the hype around it, to bring themselves back into the business and in the headlines. In the spring of 2000 for this purpose lead actor David Arquette was incorporated into the storylines, which was allowed to briefly hold the WCW World Heavyweight Championship title. This he sat at the big event " Slamboree " against wrestlers and supporting actor Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett on the line - in a triple cage match, similar to the movie. Arquette lost the title to Jarrett.
  • Similarly, his colleague David Scott Caan also tried as a wrestler and did all his own stunts movie
  • Oliver Platt used a double in the ring fighting against Diamond Dallas Page of Chris Kanyon. Kanyon was even wrestler and a good friend of Page, with whom he was involved, however, at the time of David Arquette wrestling stint in a feud. Kanyon is also seen as a fan between spectators.
  • As a film brother Fred works with David Arquette real brother Lewis.
2000 in film Brian Robbins Screenplay Steven Brill (scriptwriter) Film score George S. Clinton Chris Owen (actor) Chicago Sun-Times
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