Smack 'Em Up: Reality Bites (2014)
Fergal Devitt is an enigmatic Bray man who allows the cameras into his life showing us what it is like to be one of the biggest names in the bizarre and weird world of Japanese pro-wrestling. An exceptional story about a man following his boyhood dream.
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Absolutely the worst movie.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Smack 'Em Up is a documentary following Fergal Devitt during his final tour of Japan before joining the WWE. It is an emotional, heartfelt and fantastic piece of filmmaking about one of the greatest in ring performers in professional wrestling.Including interviews with the man himself from his home in Ireland to his British indie circuit matches for ICW to his final few matches in NJPW.What I liked is how humble Devitt is, this is Joe Average who loves his job and shows no signs of ego.Alongside his friends he has worked with for the past eight years this documentary films Devitt during some genuinely emotional moments and more than a few tears are shed.Paced perfectly with a great soundtrack this is a very well made documentary and a contender for the best wrestling themed documentary I've seen.Knowing now how his career in America has gone I do question whether he would have made the jump had he known.Smack 'Em Up is essential viewing for any wrestling fan and is a fantastic insight of the industry and a genuine wrestler.The Good:Very well constructedWell scoredPowerful contentThe Bad:Nothing springs to mindThings I Learnt From This Documentary:Aleister Black was in ICW!Fergal Devitt is too good for WWEKarl Anderson is bleedin hilarious