World's Wildest Street Fights, Vol. 2

Rating:
Summary: Great Entertainment, Deceptive Advertising
Review: This is a unique DVD. I don't spend enough time in rowdy bars and beer joints, so I need to get my street fighting action through the TV.

This DVD has lots going for it:
* The fights are fantastic, real and brutal
* The announcer is hilarious (he adopts the tone and mannerisms of a narrator for a nature show as he describes the fights)
* The reactions of the spectators for these fights are a riot

Think of this DVD like old-style Jerry Springer on steroids and amphetamines.

However, if you look at the web page of the company that makes this DVD, they claim there's 70 minutes of footage. In reality, there are 45 minutes of footage and another 15 minutes of the company promoting their other products for a total of 60 minutes (not 70). And of the 45 minutes of "real" footage, I'd estimate about 5 minutes of it is advertising and clips for their "Ghetto Brawls" DVD and 10 minutes is of Playboy-video type topless women frolicking with garden hoses and the like.

So I was disappointed that the company promised 70 minutes of footage when in reality, you get more like 30 minutes of actual street fights and 30 minutes of advertising and topless women.

Also, I didn't like the editing. Many of the street fights ended with the narrator saying, "And this guy is out of steam--the fight's over." I would have preferred to see the two guys settle the dispute or see one of them capitulate or shake hands or cuss the other guy out or whatever.

All told, this was an entertaining DVD if you like madness and chaos. Just understand that you're paying...for 30 minutes of (excellent) fighting footage and not the 70 minutes like the ads say.