It was a docudrama telling the story of the World Wrestling Council (formerly Capitol Sports Promotion) and its rise in popularity in Puerto Rico. My Mom and stepdad were friends with some of these Wrestlers and we've had some interactions with some of them in the past. Again, back then I was a child and these interactions were After the Death of Bruiser Brody. Movie triggered some forgotten memories, but they're not important here.
I was pleasantly surprised with the movie, as it felt like a real movie and not the standard Puerto Rican movie that are as series of product placement commercials with some semblance of plot barely weaved into the commercials.
The Narrator of the movie is TNT whose current Stage name is Savio Vega. This is his story as he rose to the top of the WWC and his eventual departure.
Story B deals with Carlos Colón and his struggles to make Capitol Sports Promotion work alongside Victor Jovica. The movie paints Colón in a less than stellar light.
Story C deals with The Invader#1... the guy who was accused of killing Bruiser Brody. Mom believed he DID kill Brody, but speculations without evidence are easily dismissed.
Story D deals with Hugo Savinovich... ¡Atángana! and his drug problems.
The movie does a really great job of weaving all four plot lines into a cohesive story. Fun fact: I was studying Dramatic arts roughly around the same time as Juan Pablo Diaz (he played TNT in the movie and did a lot of behind the scenes stuff.) IIRC we shared one unrelated class, but I had seen him perform on a few plays in campus. He was amazing as Caliban in The Tempest, under the late Dean Zayas direction. I'm glad that he has been able to thrive and improve his skills as an actor.
But, this wouldn't be a House of Rants post if I don't bitch about something:
I found two Anachronisms. They are Toy Related, that's how I noticed.
- There's a scene with kids playing Connect four. Supposedly in the 80s. They were using a modern connect 4 wirh the custom made chips in red and yellow and not the generic checkers pieces in red and black as it was in the 80s.
- In 1996 Christmas hits the Carlos Colón household. One of his kids gets a MOTU ORIGINS 2002 He-Man. This is an impossibility as there was no MOTU product made by Mattel in 1996 AND how can 2002 He-Man be available in 1996. When the film was filmed Playmates had already released Multiple retro TMNT toys, which would've made sense to receive in 1996 as the vintage TMNT line ended In 1997.
That's my main Nitpick with the movie.
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