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For All Mankind: The Life And Career Of Mick Foley Blu-Ray Review

In 1998 something happened to change Wrestling forever as, during the second Hell In A Cell match, Mankind (Mick Foley) was thrown from the top of the cell – approximately 16 feet – through a table. Whilst this feat was incredible it was the following 10 minutes that live long in the memory as Mankind was chokeslammed through the top of the cell, tombstoned by his opponent The Undertaker, and lost teeth all at his own will. During this match doctors tended to Foley three times and on each occasion help was ignored, he returned to the ring to finish his job of entertaining the crowd. That last statement is what runs through this career-retrospective documentary, Mick Foley loves to entertain.

Running at 134 minutes the documentary portion of this package is tremendously thorough looking back at Mick’s beginnings, his WCW and ECW runs and of course his time in WWE, unsurprisingly absent is any mention of his run with TNA. We’re taken from his backyard, where he’d practice with friends, to the main event of Wrestlemania 2000 and beyond. It is a fantastic look at the mans career and life with fabulous contributions from Paul Heyman, The Rock, Triple H and Jim Ross, whilst The Miz makes a few comments for reasons unknown, but correctly the real highlight is Mick Foley: genuine, warm and sorrowful for some of the boundaries he helped push, he is the perfect guide through an incredible career. His recollection of the infamous 1999 Royal Rumble ‘I Quit’ match with The Rock is difficult to watch not only because of the brutal footage, but because Foley seems almost ashamed of himself for being a part of it, and gladly The Rock shares his sentiments.

In addition to the documentary there are a plethora of matches chronicling his beginnings in 1986 to his uncomfortable ‘Retirement Match’ from 2000 with Triple H in Hell In A Cell. Admittedly because it’s Foley, a lot of the matches are similar in style, but they are never less than enjoyable. On the Blu-ray, but not the DVD, there are also a number of promo’s, the best of which are the final two with Edge and CM Punk respectively. These promo’s encapsulate why Foley is still hugely important to WWE as he puts over the pair passionately and completely. Also included are some snippet interviews focussing on certain parts of Foley’s career. The undoubted highlight is the first entitled Frank Foley which is a story of heartbreak, but ultimately triumph.

In recent years WWE have released some excellent Superstar-focused documentaries with this one of the best, and along with CM Punk: Best In The World, Edge: You Think You Know Me and Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line On The Most Popular Superstar Of All Time, it demands to be in every wrestling fans collection.

FOR ALL MANKIND: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF MICK FOLEY is released on Blu-ray and DVD 22nd April

Sam is a bloody lovely lad born and raised in Bristol (he’s still there and can’t escape). Favourite films include THE LOST BOYS, DRIVE, FIGHT CLUB and COMMANDO, well pretty much any 1980s Arnie film you can throw his way…even RED SONJA. Sam once cancelled a Total Film subscription after they slagged off Teen Wolf. He resubscribed 2 days later.

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