Monster Brawl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Monster Brawl |
| Original title | Monster Brawl |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jesse T. Cook |
| script | Jesse T. Cook |
| production | Jesse T. Cook, John Geddes , Matt Wiele |
| music | Todor Kobakov |
| camera | Brendan Uegama |
| cut | Jesse T. Cook |
| occupation | |
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Monster Brawl is a 2010 Canadian horror comedy directed by Jesse T. Cook . The wrestling- inspired film pits classic monsters and the undead against each other.
action
The film is about a wrestling tournament that lets eight classic horror characters compete against each other in a tournament for life and death in two factions: Cyclops , Werewolf , the Swamp Gut (based on Swamp Thing ) and Witch Bitch as "Creatures", Frankenstein's monster , Lady Vampire, Mummy and Zombie Man as "Undead". In addition to the two opening fights, there is also a tournament for the heavyweight title. The fights, which are held almost without rules, go up to the death of the opponent. As a referee, MMA legend Herb Dean is supposed to monitor the fights. Buzz Chambers and Sasquatch Sid are employed as commentators. Jimmy Hart has been hired as ring announcer .
Before each fight, the history of the origins of the fighters is presented. First of all, the opening matches that do not belong to the tournament take place. Cyclops takes on Witch Bitch. During the relentless fight, Witch Bitch kills the referee with a knife, so that further fights have to be fought without him. She then tries to blind Cyclops, but is beheaded with a single blow.
In the second fight, the mummy competes against Lady Vampire. Lady Vampire succeeds in smashing the mummy's amulet and defeating it. She is now the winner of the Lightweight Championship.
Then the actual tournament begins. Swamp Gut competes against the werewolf. Although Swamp Gut has a clear advantage in terms of strength, the werewolf manages to exploit the power of the moon and after jumping from the top rope, Swamp Gut explodes, with which the werewolf goes one round further. In the next match, Zombie Man and Frankenstein compete against each other. Zombie Man, who was created through a military experiment, is accompanied by Colonel Crookshank, while Frankenstein's monster is accompanied by Dr. Igora is accompanied personally. When the doctor intervenes, Colonel Crookshank kills him. This enrags the monster and it can destroy Zombie Man, who, however, manages to summon six zombies. These bite Crookshank and moderator Sid, among others, before they can be destroyed.
Then it comes to the final: the werewolf and Frankenstein compete against each other. The match is very even at first. Then the werewolf wins the upper hand and believes he is the victor when Frankenstein's monster makes a surprising comeback and he can destroy the werewolf. He grabs the title, but just as he is about to disappear, he is posed and challenged by the zombified Colonel Crookshank. Before the fight starts, the credits follow.
| Semifinals | final | ||||||
| werewolf | Kill | ||||||
| Swamp good | death | ||||||
| werewolf | death | ||||||
| Frankenstein's monster | Kill | ||||||
| Zombie Man | death | ||||||
| Frankenstein's monster | Kill | ||||||
After the credits there is a scene in which Jimmy Hart is pulled under the ring by a zombie.
background
The film was shot in Collingwood , Ontario . The budget was only 200,000 Canadian dollars . The wrestling stars Jimmy Hart and Kevin Nash were hired as star guests, and the former UFC fighter and current referee Herb Dean was also involved in the film. The voice of the narrator was taken over by Lance Henriksen , who is listed in the appendix as "God". Also among the fighters are some wrestlers who come from the Canadian independent promotion BSE Pro. The Mummy and the Werewolf is played by RJ Skinner, who competes as RJ City in various independent leagues. Witch Bitch actress Courtney Rush is now part of the Global Force Wrestling roster as Rosemary . Kelly Couture, actress of Lady Vampire, was also active in BSE Pro.
The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2011 in Montreal . It was also shown as the opening film at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival .
The film was finally released on March 27, 2011 in Canada on Blu-Ray and DVD. In the United States it was only released on June 12, 2012 after delays. The first German edition appeared on April 27, 2012 in a limited edition with eight trading cards. Despite some hardships, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 16. However, due to the trailer, the DVD is approved for ages 18+
reception
Monster Brawl received generally poor reviews. The lexicon of international films writes: "A clumsy attempt to sell wrestling with costumes as a film."
Moviebreak.de -Author Thomas Repenning writes:
“To sum up, Monster Brawl can best be described as an MTV Celebrity Deathmatch / Mortal Kombat / WWE tournament, which, despite quite good fights, has little to offer, especially apart from it. It hardly helps that director Jesse T. Cook was able to get a lot of help from the WWE scene (including Robert Maillet, RJ Skinner, Kevin Nash), so that the fights are particularly characterized by wrestling moves. "
Web links
- Monster Brawl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Monster Brawl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 940 V).
- ↑ MONSTER BRAWL Blu-Ray. Maslohs.de, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Rj Skinner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Courtney Rush in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Kelly Couture in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Todd Rigney: Jesse T. Cook's Monster Brawl DVD Release Bumped to the End of June. (No longer available online.) BeyondHollywood.com January 27, 2012, archived from the original on October 29, 2017 ; accessed on October 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Monster Brawl in the online film database
- ↑ Movie review: Monster Brwal. Horrormagazin.de, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Monster Brawl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 28, 2017 .
- ^ Thomas Repenning: Monster Brawl (2011). Moviebreak.de, accessed on October 28, 2017 .
