Sledge: The Untold Story (2005)

Sledge: The Untold Story: Directed by Brad Martin. With Holmes Osborne, David Leitch, Kelly Hu, Eric Roberts. In the spring of 1986, no one had heard of Frank Sledge. One year later, Bloodfight 2 was #1 at the box office… And a star was born.

“This mockumentary chronicles the rise, fall, and subsequent rise again of Frank Sledge (David Leitch) Poking fun at action clichés and films such as the ones in the films of Steven Seagal u0026amp; u0026#39;80u0026#39;s era Sylvester Stallone, (with a musical-styled Matrix riff near the end) this film is a longer, feature-length version of u0026quot;Sledgeu0026quot; (a 30 minute short which is also available on the DVD of this film) In ways the short film is a bit better than the movie, as the short is more streamlined where as this seems padded a bit. There are some smiles to be had (mind you I said smiles and not belly laughs for a reason), but it just feels too long and the plot just canu0026#39;t support the length of the film, as such I canu0026#39;t really recommend this film, but I didnu0026#39;t really loathe it either. After a while I found myself playing u0026#39;spot the celebrity cameou0026#39; more then paying real attention to the plot though.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy Grade: C- u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDVD Extras: Commentary by Director Brad Martin u0026amp; writer/actor David Leitch; Short film: u0026#39;Sledgeu0026#39;; a Making-of Sledge; production slide show; theatrical trailer for this film; and Trailers for u0026quot;Suspenseu0026quot; u0026amp; u0026quot;the Orange Thiefu0026quot;”