Ready to Rumble Movie Review 2000

Sanitation workers and best buds Gordie (Arquette) and Sean (Caan) decide to mastermind the comeback of their favorite wrestler, Jimmy "the King" King (Platt). The reason he needs a comeback is that promoter Titus Sinclair (Pantaliano) has decided that he's outlasted his usefulness. Sort of like this movie. Arquette and wrestling are annoying enough individually, but put 'em together and it's almost painful to watch. The two buddies make Bill and Ted look like Rhodes scholars, and it's not like there's any point to further parodying the "sport" of wrestling. Hopefully, this was a worth a few mortgage payments to supporting players Platt, Landau, and Pantaliano.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Stupid Is..., Wrestling, Buddies

Screenplay

Steven Brill

Cast

David Arquette, Scott Caan, Oliver Platt, Rose McGowan, Joe Pantoliano, Martin Landau, Richard Lineback, Chris Owen, Kathleen Freeman, Lewis Arquette, Dallas Page

Cinematography

Clark Mathis

Director

Brian Robbins

Music

George S. Clinton

Producer

Warner Bros.