Special Features:
Feature Commentaries by Wrestlers Terry Funk and Mick Foley and by Director Barry W. Blaustein  �  Theatrical Trailer  �  Production Notes  �  Cast and Filmmakers

FILM
I only had a period of about three months in my life where I watched a lot of wrestling. For those of you who watch 20/20, it was around the same time that John Stossel did his now infamous interview. If you have not seen it, Stossel asked a wrestler (I can't remember his name) if wrestling was fake. Stossel was repeatedly open hand slapped to the ears by the wrestler. It was pretty amazing television to say the least. Stossel ended up with hearing damage and the wrestler was immediately canned from the WWF. I know who most of the big stars are nowadays, but I have not sat down and watched more than five minutes of wrestling in more than a decade. After watching this DVD the first time, I almost decided to start watching wrestling just to see Mick Foley perform. (Too bad he has since retired)

This documentary begins with the director talking over a reenactment of the first wrestling match he went to as a child. He describes the huge wrestlers that passed by him on the way in and out of the ring and how "larger than life" they seemed. What stuck with him most from the evening was as he was going to the car with his dad he saw one of the wresters get into his car and kiss his wife. His question, "What type of guy has a family and chooses to do this for a living?" 

The actual documentary is about the wrestling world in general (from local to WWF) and about Terry Funk, Mick Foley, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts specifically. Terry Funk is a legendary wrestler who can barely walk, but won't leave the wrestling game, Jake "The Snake" is a run down crack addicted wrestler who once had the world by the horns. Each has a unique story, but in my opinion it is Mick Foley who steals the show. He has to be one of the most amazing individuals I have ever seen. Mick plays a variety of characters, that whether winning or losing, basically get all hell beat out of them. In the ring he takes all kinds of abuse, but at home he is a soft spoken family man with a good looking wife and two young kids. I don't want to give anything away, but I can't imagine any person, whether they enjoy wrestling or not, that won't enjoy this film. When you get to the scene of Mick getting a two inch gash to his forehead stitched up while telling his little girl that daddy just has a small boo boo, you will be both laughing and cringing in amazement.

VIDEO
The documentary is filmed on both video and film and the quality level of the picture is directly related to the source. The transfer is well done with a minimum of artifacts. Everything you could look for a documentary.

EXTRAS
There is one commentary track with Terry Funk and Barry Blaustein and one track with Mick Foley and Barry Blaustein. Each talks over his sections of the documentary and both give interesting insights into what was going on at the time. 

SUMMARY
Rental or purchase, this is a documentary to run out and see.