Did the world REALLY need another one???
Ultimate Death Match II (2010)
Directed By: Shawn Cain
The Prologue
Have I missed something here?? After seeing the glorified indie wrestling show that was the original Ultimate Death Match, we have a sequel here in Ultimate Death Match II. Shawn Cain keeps trying to make the jump from real life wrestling promoter to director and he keeps using wrestlers who nobody knows or who have seen there better days to star in the films. Now I’ll exclude Kevin Nash from that, as I feel “Big Daddy Cool” could still go if need be, and I’m sure Nash was just here for a paycheck, and I hope he was paid well for his small cameos. Regardless, what we get here in this unwanted sequel is a lot of what we saw before with nothing more to offer other than some actual wrestling action.
The Movie
Jake and his outlaw Ultimate Death Match is still on the run following the events of our last film. Frosty, the morally conflicted announcer is still there and as unsure as ever on if what he is taking part in is right or wrong. None the less, here we are as things are gearing up for yet another Ultimate Death Match with the feds close on the trails of our group. Now don’t ask me how the FBI would have trouble tracking down a wrestling promotion that not only shows it’s shows on the internet but sells tickets for said event at the same place OVW wrestling comes from but we’ll try to look over common sense and just play along, ok?
So what does this film offer overall to you if you pick to watch it? Well, you get some wrestling action. As a matter of fact, just like the last one you get more wrestling than you get plot. The majority of this film is spent watching wrestlers such as Dan Severn (former UFC star), Kid Kash, Shane Douglas, and more do their thing inside the the ring than there is actual story. Sure they toss in this little side story with wrestling legend Jimmy Valiant where they try to push home that a wrestler would rather die in the ring then grow old and die in a normal way, but even that just takes about 15 to 20 minutes tops! If you want wrestling then you might like this, but wouldn’t you be better off just to get a real wrestling DVD?
Besides all that, and besides the bad acting, which I’d assume wrestlers would be better acting, you get bad BAD editing. During one scene you actually hear the director yell “Cut”! Now how does that not get edited out before the DVD is in print and in stores? It almost makes you think that they just don’t care, or have no idea what on earth they are doing. After seeing two of these now I believe I could go with either or both being the reason for it. They was also a scene after the credits that was with what I assume was an FBI agent and was setting up the plot for a third one of these but I can’t tell you for sure due to the fact that scene had NO audio?? Please please tell me that was just my copy and not how it actually is on all the DVDs.
Besides a pretty neat match between Dan Severn and Shane Douglas, there wasn’t a whole lot to see here. Kid Kash is KINDA by default our main dude, if we don’t count Al Snow who is once again in the role of Frosty, and well..nobody has ever really cared about Kid Kash in or outside the ring. When I want to watch wrestling, I want to watch wrestling. When I want to watch a movie I want to watch a movie. If it’s a movie about wrestling, it should be done like The Wrestler NOT like this. And since I’m more than sure a part 3 is on the way, I just have to sit here and shake my head and hope hope hope it somehow is better than this.
The Conclusion
I did not care for the original at all, and while the wrestling is better here, there’s not enough plot and the editing it too bad to even have it match the score I gave that one. You however can get this and the original at Cheezy Flicks and MVD if you are one of those who love to watch a live action car crash! Also I must remind you that both places have other very good films you can get at those sites besides this one stinker.
The Rating (2/10)
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