The movie was predictable from the beginning and the fight scenes were poorly choreographed.
The acting was good but it couldn't distract you enough from the movie failing to draw you in.
Cagefighter
2020
Action / Sport
Cagefighter
2020
Action / Sport
Keywords: wrestlingmixed martial arts
Plot summary
Reiss is the greatest champion to ever fight in a LEGENDS cage. But when promoter Max Black pits him against wrestling superstar Randy Stone, Reiss finds himself in the toughest fight of his life.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
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Predictable and simply bad mma
Another worst action film! Full of boring conversation, and annoying overuse scene! The action scene also quite abysmal! Not recommended!
This film start with a MMA fighter "Reiss" defeat his opponent, and he been interviewed scene! As turnout, this film is about a five times MMA champion "Reiss" after defeat by a wrestler "Randy", he want to reclaim his victory by rematch with Randy! Entire film full of boring conversation, and annoying overuse scene! Such as, overuse of the interview scene, overuse of the watching video footage scene, overuse of the crying scene, overuse of the staring scene, and overuse of the aerial view of London city scene! Make the film unwatchable! All the fighting scene also quite messy, shaky, with slow motion, and portray by long angle! Make the film frustrated to watch! At the end, Reiss defeat Randy and reclaim his title! Still have a post credit scene! An interview of Max talking about Reiss, and Randy! That's it! Another disappointed film!
Enjoyable
Movie starts with a bit tacky fight and the commentators calling it 'one of the greats' but if commentators are known for one thing, that is to exaggerate or over-amplify situations or events. We are introduced to the protagonist Reiss Gibbons, he's a successful MMA wrestler and has a undefeated streaks with 5 championships. When Company promoter Max Black pits him against a pro wrestling superstar Randy Orton.... ohh Stone in the company's first ever cross-promotional event, he's reluctant at first but after seeing how confident and 'a clown' Randy is, he decided to fight him since it's going to make him easy money. Much to his surprise, when he's beaten black and blue by Randy and lose the championship. The media ridicule him and turn him to a 'meme'. Seeing that, he insisted on a rematch so that he could regain his championship and dignity back but is denied. Heartbroken, he ditches his team and flies to LA. After training there, he returns and fight Nightmare but his head isnn't in the game and is beaten again. He altogether quit wrestling. He goes brooding, and sulking until he finally gets an opportunity to fight Randy again, well from there the ending is pretty clear.
This movie is an ultimate underdog story that we've already seen in plenty other movies. The execution is not given any special treatment here but it's quite straightforward and entertaining. I think the highlight of the movie is the build-up to the first match, what I like about it, is that they make it seems as if it's a real-life match with interviews and video call form various legends across both WWE ohhh AEW and MMA. The match itself is tense and quite thrilling. Sadly, after the first match everything slows down and the plot goes the predicable zone. I enjoyed the performances most especially Jonathan Good as Randy Stone, he's over-the-top and overconfident and is somewhat hilarious in the way that he behaves. Alex montagnani as the titular character is Ok, but not memorable. Gina Gersam is a scene stealer, I loved every scene that she's featured in. The rest of the supporting casts provide good support. The camera work is slick, I particularly like the POV shots that shows how Reiss is feeling during the fights. The soundtrack is good and adds more energy to the scenes.
On the whole, Cagefigher is an enjoyable flick, it may not be original in terms story but it's overly entertaining, and that's what matters usually in these type of flicks.