King Of The Cage – Rampage: Birth Of A Champion + Big
Stars, Best Knockouts 5-DVD Set (BCI Eclipse)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: C+
Continuing
a cycle of DVDs devoted to nothing but the sport of fist fighting, boxing and
combinations thereof, BCI Eclipse throws their hat into the steel cage with the
King Of The Cage DVD set. One is a single disc focusing on the early
success of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in six fights that happened in Japan of
all places. Though the footage is old
and shot with more content than form, these are remarkable fights for what they
are. It is not as easy as it looks,
especially when you are in the ring. Any
bar crowd can keep yelling “yea, get ‘im” because they are not there doing it.
The
larger set is a combination of name fighters in the business being featured,
followed by a surprising series of KOs, which have a third disc to show the
action. If you are a fan, this is fun
stuff, but if not, a few fights will likely be enough. Needless to say the Stars set has more suspense, because the other announces the KOs.
The 1.33
X 1 image on all discs are clean, but since this is older analog video, it does
not transfer as well as expected.
However, they look fine for their age and the Dolby Digital 2.0 sound is
barely stereo, but clear enough to hear the fights and the crowd. There are no extras, but there is enough
brawling throughout to please the DVD crowd.
- Nicholas Sheffo
