Geoff Thompson - Russian Sambo Wrestling DVD

Advantages: Great acting, and story
Disadvantages: minor flaws in plot

...Often overlooked at video stores and seen as a vehicle for patrick swayze and charlie sheen. this is actually a superb film. Released at the height of the cold war, this of the story of what may have happened if the russians had ever invaded america. Ok there are flaws such as the budget of the film may have put limitations on locations and the amount of extras used, but thats about it for the drawbacks. Now to the plus side first it contains a lot of superb actors and actresses including the aforementioned swayze and sheen also the gorgeous Lea Thompson, C Thomas Howell and Jennifer Grey, each of them giving superb perfomances and extremely believable to the extreme especially Lea Thompson who gives one of the finest performances of her often under rated career. the band of youngsters form a band of renegades after the invasion and take... Read review

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Advantages: Gives those not born and those that witnessed it the chance to see England in their greatest sporting triumph.
Disadvantages: Price is a little hefty

...Being only 21 I had never seen Englands only World Cup win from 1966 - we are regularly shown the infamous final goal "they think it's all over...it is now!" but with this DVD we now have a chance to see the full match. The dvd features the original black and white BBC coverage of the match, with Kenneth Wolstenholme commentating. It features disputed goals, clattering tackles, last-minute equalisers and dodgy officials - the question of whether the Russian linesman would have allowed the final winning goal if it had not been against West Germany has been a regular question over the years. Extras include an alternative match commentary provided by five of the England team themselves - Jack Charlton, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst, George Cohen and Gordon Banks which is often humourous and filled with recollections of their memory... Read review

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Advantages: brings back memories
Disadvantages: not brilliant

...team and also for the ones who know little about them here is a memento of wrestling's original "most dominant tag team" As with every other WWE profile DVD, this is split into two parts: a near two-hour long documentary-style feature, and a bunch of related matches, promos and videos. To save you all reading another essay, I'll just be looking over the documentary portion of the DVD here? After a "in memory of Hawk" graphic, the documentary opens in Minnesota,with Joe Laurinaitis (Animal) talking us through the beginnings of the Road Warriors team, starting with their training in the infamous "The Gym" in Minneapolis. While the DVD is mainly narrated by Animal and former manager Paul Ellering, there are several guest appearances on the DVD from the likes of Barry Darsow, Darren Drozdov ,Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Jerry Lawler, Jim Cornette... Read review

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