[music] Hello and welcome to the Hammer! This is our second special edition coming live at you for Saturday and I'm joined by my friend, Steve, and of course my name is Dave. Now this is an iTunes exclusive and for our website as well, thehammermma.com. So it is not going out on the radio but it is exclusively for our web fans. Thank you very much for all the support you guys are showing us. All of our millions of fans in Beijing. Millions of fans in Beijing and in apparently in Texas. So yeah, for our first Hammer special, we reviewed the UFC Undisputed 2010 game and that went pretty well. So we're going to review the latest MMA craze which is movies. So a lot of MMA stars have been in movies lately. A lot of them are playing to be in movies coming forward. It's an important career path for a lot of fighters. And some of the movies that are coming out have really, really been based on the mixed martial arts experience and the movie that we're going to review that I think is most based on it is E-Praylov, the Julie Roberts. Well, I think Roy Nelson was in E-Praylov. I believe he was in the Eats section, yes. So yeah, so we're going to review probably the two biggest MMA related movies that have come out recently. Yeah, so we're going to do the A-Team and we're going to do the Expendables. Yeah, so the A-Team is recently out on DVD. We did not manage to catch it when it was in theater, unfortunately. But this is the Rampage Jackson movie. Everyone expected this to be his star making turn for him. So A-Team was Rampage Jackson, Liam Neeson. Charlton Copley and Bradley Cooper of various movies. He was in like the Hangover. District 9, the Hangover. And taken recently between all three of those guys. Yeah, now the big thing with this movie is that this is what caused Rampage to postpone his fight with Rashad Evans and try out being a Hollywood actor. And then he quit the UFC for a little while over issues with Dana White over being an actor. Yeah, Dana White was very, very negative about Rampage's focus on acting as opposed to his being the last day you see Dana's known to be a little bit possessive of his fighters. Which is, he's hugely an obsessively possessive of his fighters like an eventual ex-girlfriend. So he was not very happy about this move. And he also run down the idea and said, you know, Rampage isn't making money at this. You know, all the money's going to be made on a sequel. But this movie's going to suck and it's probably not going to have a sequel. And Rampage obviously took offense to that. Yeah, and Dana White was angry because his big money fight, his possible eventual million-dollar fight, million-byes fight with Rashad Evans was now not happening, was supposed to. It may never happen. It did finally happen a couple months back. And honestly, it didn't, it didn't lose that many- Oh, that right was massive. That's even up. For my thing, for letting it stew for so long, having such a good promotional thing on it. I mean, I think in a lot of ways Dana was, was overreacting in this. I think if your stars become stars outside of the UFC and become mainstream draws, you get more buys. You don't get less buys. Yeah, Rampage goes and fights on pay-per-view. People are like, oh, I saw that dude in 80. Yeah, I want to see the, the 80 dude, the 80 dude's fighting. You know, if you could get Robert Pattinson in a ring, you would get every 16-year-old girl in the country to watch, but most of the group had never seen. You know, they see the guy lose, they see GSP, they got live. But I mean, like, that's, that's going to be two million buy. But you, you were very, very vocal in this movie was being talked about and coming out about what a great move this was for Rampage Jackson. People were thinking it was a bad idea for him to leave the fighting game for, for a while. And you were fully on board with this idea. Fully on board with this, I thought that it was an important career move. I thought that it was going to make Rampage a bigger star and I thought it was going to draw more attention to the UFC. And I said, hey, the fights being pushed back a couple months, but that doesn't mean the fights are never going to happen. If I can go back a couple months, you can do it later and it'll still get the buys. And ultimately, I think that when the buy rate came in, everyone was quite... It was a big success. No, the movie wasn't a big success. So let's start this off. Okay, so we've got, okay, so what would you, can you explain the plot of the A-team? Oh, there may be spoilers here. Yeah, just so everyone knows, there's going to be huge huge spoilers where both of these reviews. The plot of the A-team was they're rangers and they go on a secret mission into Baghdad to steal back U.S. treasury plates that have somehow made their way into Baghdad and that the Baghdadese could probably use to print money. However, when they're stealing the plates back, they get framed for murdering a general by a mercenary company loosely blazed on Blackwater or Black Forest. Didn't they call it Black Forest Ham? Well, you know, it was Blackwater only. It's in a forest, come on. And Black Forest takes off of the plates, they go to prison, but Hannibal, the leader, has a plan. He breaks the team out and they go to get the plates back and get revenge. Okay, see, that was pretty good. You remembered that far more than I did. I watched this movie a few days ago. The only plot I could think of was a bunch of stuff happened. I don't really know. They're running around shooting people in Baghdad. You were paying attention. Yeah, I was on board for this. I wanted to see my boy Rampage shine. So this cast, you've got Liam Neeson plays Hannibal. He was pretty good. He was excellent. I mean, for what you would expect for Hannibal and for Liam Neeson, I mean, not his best acting face, but like, come on, are we going to get an A-team? I mean, the worst Liam Neeson is still going to be a fairly decent actor, you know, like even in a role like this. Bradley Cooper from Hangover. He was playing face, so he is supposed to be the charming rogue of the group. And he was okay. Relative to being, again, Bradley Cooper, what he could, he did the most he could with this role. His little romance, Jessica Beale, was Jessica Beale look great. So what are you going to do? Charlton Copley of District 9 fame played Howling Mad Murdock, the crazy pilot that they have. You know, it's pretty annoying, but it's supposed to be Murdock's character. So well done. And then obviously Rampage Jackson is playing Beale Barakas, who is the muscle and the fighting of the A-team. And this was actually what I was least happy about. If you look at the original A-team TV show, BA is the badass. He's the tough guy. Even the other guys on the A-team are kind of frightened of him. And then when everything goes down and they're getting a huge fight and they're losing, they're like, "All right, let's get BA and BA comes in and cleans up." Yeah, he's the man. He's the man. Rampage in this, I think. He was kind of a goof. Yeah, they made this BA more of a comic figure. In the first scenes of the movie, he gets shot by Hannibal on the arm, and then he decides to join the A-team because he's really impressed with being shot on the arm. And then throughout the movie, he's more involved in comedy roles with Murdock, which is insane because in the TV show, BA wanted to kill Murdock more than any of their enemies. And actually, a big part of Rampage's role in this as BA Barakas was his character was always trying to figure out if he wanted, he was trying to not be violent. Yeah, he was trying to find peace. So Rampage tried, Rampage in his time in prison invades to embrace the teachings of Gandhi and non-violence. So he came out and he said, "I'm gonna help y'all however I can, but I can't kill no more. And I'm not even gonna have the mohawk. I'm just gonna have my hair grown in." Yeah, grew his hair all out. Because a fro says peace, I guess. And then throughout the movie, he wasn't able to kill various villains, and then at the last minute, he shaved his head, kind of like our first Samson, back to the Mr. T. Mohawk, and then he was able to kill the villains. And he body slammed a guy to death. Yes, and this was probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. What's the guy that's seen and felt? He picked the guy up and body slammed him on his head, and he died. It was, yeah, it was all right. The movie itself, not really. The acting was relatively good with it being a terrible movie, because the acting, the cast, was phenomenal. The script, it was incomprehensible. It was nonsense. There was bad stuff. We were saying about how Rampage got shot and then joined the A-Team, just to show what tough he was. He got shot, he like laughed off the bullet essentially, and then joined the A-Team. Okay, later on in the movie, he's running like down, like running some guys chasing him, and he shoots him in the back with a machine gun, like 17 times. Yeah, a guy's chasing Rampage Jackson as B.A. Brockes. The guy who's chasing him has a machine gun, fires a machine gun at him, hits him. Like a bunch of times. Like Rampage collapses. The guy comes over, Rampage is like, "Oh, I can't kill you." Dude, you just got shot with a machine gun. Killing him is your least concerned. Get to go to a hospital man, go to a hospital. Like there's one thing like, oh, a top action hero, but just like pretending the guy didn't get shot. Didn't you explain to you he was wearing a bulletproof vest or a vest or anything? Yeah, he just got shot with a machine gun, then he got back up after he had him will save them. It was like, "Cannibal, I'm sorry, I couldn't kill him, but I told you I couldn't kill him." And then the guy just walks away. Like an action movie's an action movie. An action movie's an action movie, but that was a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Oh, that was terrible. One particular scene, they're trying to fly off a military base in a stolen plane. Drones appear and shoot down the plane, much like Star Wars. They jump in a tank and fly the tank out of the plane and fly the tank to safety by landing into a lake and then driving it out of the lake. Now, I'm not sure if anyone involved in this movie is aware of what a tank is. Tanks are land vehicles. They don't fly and they don't swim. Yeah, enough said. But the whole point was they were trying to show how clever they were moving a tank around in the air by shooting the cannon. Oh, it was dumb, but it was terrible. Yeah, it was really bad. It was terrible. There's no defense. So script bad plot that I mentioned this while we were watching it, but face to play them, the Brown and Cooper. Yeah, they have this thing and he's like, he's in prison. They're trying to break them out. And he's like in this tanning booth. Like, why isn't a tanning booth in prison? He seduced the female guard captain and she's like, "Well, you seduced me, so it makes sense that I give you access to a tanning booth." So he leaves his cell, goes to a tanning booth, is in the tanning booth. Then he gets locked in the tanning booth. Yeah. And then someone steals the tanning booth. Hannibal steals this tanning booth, escapes with him, and the tanning booth still, drives the head of the tanning booth well away. Let's imagine. Let's imagine, face emerges from the tanning booth, which has been unplugged this whole time, I should ask. It's just been unplugged for like hours. Hannibal looks at him, looks him over and says, "Hmm, you're really tan." So here's what I wonder about this. This is just really bothering, because either he was going to say that to him regardless. Like, that's how he welcomes his friend. Like, "Oh, you're looking really tan today." When he's just as tan as he normally is. Or, face got a tan, spending two hours in an unplugged tanning machine. Like, that's a lot. Maybe he just was tanning a lot in prison. That's a lot of trouble to go through for a really bad joke. Yeah. And I mean, it wasn't, it was, it was the comedy in this was terrible. It was worth that dude. It's a mordock, right? Every single thing he did was just him screaming and making really bad movie references and jokes. He was just like, "I'm so funny! Look at me! Listen to me! Loud noises! It's terrible." Not good in any way, shape, or form. It was just, it went so over the top, it got the point of absurdity. And like, as a mixed martial arts fan, I'd now understand where Dana was coming from and that this wasn't a good movie, and it may well not have a sequel. But I don't think it negatively impacted Rampage as a fighter. It positively impacted Rampage as a career and as an actor. Hopefully he'll be able to get other roles based on this, but this movie was a bust. I mean, it was, what did I compare to? It was like, it was like Charlie's Angels for guys. It was Charlie's Angels for guys. It was just a really big goofy cartoon that I just was not invested in. Yeah. So, okay actors, if you like the acting, terrible plot, action not good. They really, really abused the shaky cam here. So the entire time it looked like, like, dude, do you know not know how to use a hand cam? Like, do you need to tripod buddy? Because like, you couldn't tell anything of what was going on for like, at least have the tricks and the near escapes are kind of cool, but they got a little bit jarring. And as I said before, Jessica Beale, the love interest in this movie, isn't it? And she is insanely hot. Yeah. So, I mean, I approve of that. Yeah. We're MMA commentators. We're not professional movie reviewers, but like, but Jessica Beale's hot, the movie is kind of dumb. I feel like she needs to be slept with by me. So, we go forward to the Expendables. Now, the Expendables. This is Randy Couture. This is Randy Couture's shot at the big time. His chance of being. And he is in this movie with everybody. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham. The main cast is Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jett Lee, Terry Crews, Dolph Alongren, and Randy Couture. Mickey Rourke. He heroes with Mickey Rourke as a supporting cast member for the heroes. Then the villains are Stone Cold Steve Austin. And the detective from Dexter. Yeah, the detective from Dexter, Angel from the Dexter. Oh, and Robert's, Eric Roberts. And Eric Roberts. And then with also preparing the movie in cameos, or Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. So, literally, everyone who's ever been in an action star in the 80s is in this, which is cool for us, because it's a generational thing. We're both in our early 30s. So, we grew up with commando and predator and whatnot. Now, can you, let's see, can you do the plot for this movie? I can, all right. So, the plot of this movie is that they're mercenaries who are expendable. They come back from rescuing a team from Somali pirates. By the way, I don't have anything. Yeah, this is actually pretty impressive. Because if you ask me right now, I'd be like, uh, step blew up. Yeah. So, they come back, they're looking for a new mission. Bruce Willis playing a mysterious man in Mr. charged approaches Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Sylvester, Arnold Schwarzenegger, turns down the mission because he wants to become president. They actually do say that in the movie. Meanwhile, Stallone says, I'll take the mission. So, he goes out to the island of villains, Valena Island. Very clever. I said they should have just called it me on doom. So, he goes to Mount Doom with Jason Statham. They scouted out. They determined that the mission will be too difficult to do. They determined to not do the mission. And then Mickey Work gives an impassioned silhouette about how he's lost his soul by not saving people. He could have saved in his own career in a mercenary. Sylvester Stallone is touched. He reassembles a team. They go back to Mount Doom to rescue the girl who was their tour guide while they were there. And much fighting ensues. Much fighting ensues. And then, you know, whatnot. Yeah, this would be here, actually. I didn't mention it was really good. But I didn't mention before that I didn't mention that 18 did okay in the box office. Like it did like 150 million. It cost about 110 million to make. So, it was a box office success? It was a success. Maybe not sequel worthy, but it was a success. Four million dollars a profit. You know, everyone made money. Did you make a list of like the top 10 bombs of the year? Because I think they expected it to make more money. Yeah. Well, I mean, like, it might get a nomination for Golden Raspberry, but I mean, money was made. And that's usually Hollywood doesn't care if the critics love it or not. They care if it makes money at the box office. Yeah, Transformers 2, everyone hated. There's going to be a Transformers 3. Yeah, but it made a lot more money than 18. But then 40 million dollars profit, nothing to sneeze at it. Yeah, but sequels make less. And then the Expendables actually really did really well. Never, number one this week, like $35 million. It's almost half its budget back. Like this movie did well. The generational appeal of seeing all the stars of your childhood back and a bunch of new stars as well, it has far more drawing power. Now, one thing that I say separates this between this and 18, and why I loved Expendables and why I didn't care for a team, 18 was very, very apologetic for being an action movie. It was, you know, we're going to go over the top and show you crazy stuff. And like, we know that this is basically like, you know, for the desensitized 30 year old male. They never took the violence seriously for a second. Yeah, it's very joking. Expendables was like, no, this is serious. We're going to actually present this. These are the biggest badasses on the planet, and they're going to kill. And they're going to kick people around. So, I mean, like in 18, you've got the biggest badasses in the history of the show, B.A. Brockes, as a comedy character called In Gandhi, whereas in this movie, you've got, you know, the similar character played by Terry Crew is best known for the old Spice commercials, where he says things like building kick, and this commercial is too powerful to end. He's also a former edit belt player. I don't, is he the old Spice guy? I don't think he is, he is the old Spice guy. You're thinking of the new old Spice guy who's like, I'm writing a horse. Oh, okay. He's the old old Spice guy who was like, building kick and kicks the building in half. So anyways, in this, in this similar role, he's like, I love my shotgun because it's so loud. And then in the scene, literally five minutes later, all the rest of the team is pinned down by all these nameless goons. And Terry Crews comes in with a shotgun, and it's really, really loud. And you can see like villains flying everywhere as he shotguns down, like 50, 60 people. Oh, it was like a brutal video game. It was kind of awesome. It was like something out of doom, you know, or, or payload. And later on in the movie, he threw a missile at a helicopter. This is literally the best part of the movie. You know, the ultimate plan in A team was, okay, we're going to all go into containers, and we're going to play three-card Monty with the containers to try to lure the villain into the riot container where we'll ambush him. I think they overthought it. Yeah, so then the villain goes into the container. Liam Neeson is there with a man in disguise. You don't need to spoil everything, but there's a lot going on there. I got to spoil this. He shoots Liam Neeson in the chest, and he says, I cannot make this up. Liam Neeson, or what, if we're Hannibal, I shot you in the chest, and your life was saved by your Kevlar vest. But your Kevlar vest will not protect you when I shoot you in the head. Then he re-cocks his gun, aims at a Hannibal's head. Too much exposition. Who are you narrating to? You just shot the dude in his chest. He knows he's got-- I think he was reading the script. I think it was better textual. What are you telling the guy you just shot in the chest? Oh, I know your Kevlar vest saved you, so I'm going to shoot you in the head. Just shoot him in the head. You know, whereas Sylvester Sloan runs to a helicopter, sees he can't get through it because there's a wall of flames in between it, picks up a missile. I could not kid you about this. Terry Cruz comes over and says, "What do you need me to do?" Sylvester Sloan says, "Through the missile at the helicopter." Terry Cruz, "Who rules the missile at the helicopter?" So that's just when he pulls up his gun and crick-cross now, shoots the missile in mid-air. The missile blows up and blows up the helicopter. I cheer. And it's-- This is awesome. This is like, it's ridiculous, and it was just so-- It might have been the best movie of the year. It might have been the best action movie moment of the year for me. Just absolutely over the top. But so unblinkingly, unwinkingly serious of like, like we know what you want and we're going to give you exactly, you know, the tough guys of your youth being tough, being testosterone-filled, kicking guys around, rescuing pretty damsels to this desk. The damsels aren't going to be, you know, bad-ass killers themselves. They're going to be in distress. And it was very like, it was a testosterone-full macho movie. But that's who you're pushing the movie to. That's not kid, you know. So look at this crew. You know, Stone Cold's, Steve Austin, Jason Statham, Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, all these dudes in this movie. Now Randy Couture got to be in this elite group of action heroes. Yes. How do you think he did? He did actually held his own pretty well. He had a couple of, like, the dialogue is incomprehensible here. But he gave a very interesting speech in the beginning, where he was like, I'm in therapy, because people always make fun of my cauliflower ears. You know I wrestle it in college. Cauliflower ears are a common trauma of that sport. But then they never mentioned his wrestling past again. Like, it's just like... It's like, not quite true. In the end, he uses wrestling past. When he used to do any double-legged, Stone Cold, Steve Austin, the villain, into flames. Stone Kill Steve Austin came emerging from the flames on fire. Yell's argue. So, so Randy Couture superman punched him back into the flames. And that's how the major villain of the movie was defeated. Steve Austin is pretty good, actually. For a top villain, dude. Yeah, for a top villain. I mean, he did as well. But, hey, Randy Couture, you know. Randy Couture was goofy. Looked awesome. Yeah, he was goofy and fine. Yeah, he wore a fisherman's hat. Yeah, he wore a fisherman's hat. He wore a fisherman's hat. What can you ask for Randy Couture? I mean, definitely he looked good in it. You know, he was charming. He was likable. Ultimately, this movie was, if anything, a vehicle for Jason Statham. He was like the whole movie. Jason Statham was not only... He played the character called "Nifey Jones" or "Stabby Face" or something. He just threw knives at everybody for like an entire movie. But, like, this was his movie. He's the only one with a subplot. His subplot involved his girlfriend, dumped him for another man. Then he found out the other man was abusing her. So he goes, finds out the guy playing basketball. And destroys an entire basketball team. Everyone on both basketball teams beats them all up and is like, "You know what I do for a living now. You're my girlfriend again." Okay. And just kind of carries her off. I was like, "All right, we'll just..." I'm not sure if anyone keeps stats on this. Overrender. How many people did Jason Statham stab in this movie? Uh, at least 20. I'm going way high. If you say 20, I say higher. I'm thinking 50. Like, there was a lot of stabbing by the dude. Yeah, he was too slow and nice. Everyone. Yeah, that was his gimmick, I guess. So, uh, but yeah, this is ultimately, this was a Jason Statham vehicle. It was, I think that in a lot of ways, this was, this movie was, "Okay, let's pass a torch of action star from Sylvester Stallone, who's getting a little bit older to Jason Statham." And now, you know, the crank movie guy. Yeah. So that's, that's what this movie was. However, with all the, all the old guard in it, everyone had, everyone had our lines, everyone had a little cool scene. And everyone as an actor, as a personality benefits from, everyone was, everyone benefited. And you could sure might benefit the most, because now he has the least. Yeah. You know, he had the least acting credibility of the mall. I think that realistically, he can, he can take this movie and say, "Hey, you can cast me as a tough soldier." And, you know, because there's always going to be a war movie, you know, there's going to be movies like, "Hurt Walker II," you know, and he can, he can play the tough captain. He can play sergeant. And public perception of him is he's a legendary tough guy now. Yeah, he's a legendary tough guy. I mean, he's a real tough guy, but now he's, now he's a perceived tough guy. He's, he's the first, you know, the first real tough guy role of him. Star-making turn for him, I think, you know, is intended to be for Jason Statham, but it definitely helps her any co-tero. Now, before we finish off, do you want to explain the bomb-todge? The bomb-todge, yes. The bomb-todge needs to be discussed. Just like the heroes and 18 had an incredible plan, for we're going to play three-card Monty and fool this villain. The guys in the Expendables also had a plan. Their plan was, we're going to blow things up. This was the plan. Yeah. So there was literally a montage, lasting at least five minutes of screen time. If it wasn't five minutes, it felt like it. Yeah. Of all five of them, splitting up. Gently, Jason Statham, Randy Coteur, Terry Crews, in Silverland, so it was just long, all split up, running down various hallways and around various obstacles in this, you know, general's palace. Throwing sticky bombs everywhere. Throwing sticky bombs on everything. So it was like, you would see, so that's just low and running up one quarter, bombing each pillar. Then it would cut to like, or like it would pan right, and you'd see Randy Coteur running down the next quarter, bombing every pillar on the other side. You know, they opened it up, and they saw all this cocaine, that the drug dealers or the drug lawyers were summoning. And then you saw Gently throwing sticky bombs on each package of cocaine. Yeah, it was like they bombed, they threw bombs on everything. You watched them run around and throw bombs in the sewer, and the pillars, and the pillars of that cocaine, and everything. The cocaine, and the saves. For so long. You know, they bombed guards, like they brought the stuff. Dozens and dozens and dozens of these. Yeah, it was literally like a bomb-todge, a bomb-montage of them just putting bombs and everything. And then they get trapped and pinned down, and they're like, "What are we gonna do?" And somebody just says, "I think it's time we blow it." He pulls out the radio detonator, blows it. And the next two minutes of stream time are of this huge palace exploding, all the different sections of it exploding and falling over as all the bombs go off. I mean... It's pretty great. I mean, it's not a... It's not what I call a good movie, but I had fun. You know, you're... By all means, this isn't gonna win the Oscar, but it was incredibly fun. You know, I'm fully aware of that. It's not gonna win critics because of the Critics' Choice Award of the year. But for a guy who grew up on commando, and Predator and Terminator 2... This was a good throwback. This was a movie for me. This was a movie for that, for a generational movie, for guys in their thirties, who have a lot of testosterone. What can you say? You know, the mission achieved. Randy Couture definitely raises his profile. I mean, more people will see him fight. Now, here's the thing. So you've got Rampage, and you've got Randy Couture, right? Both play heavyweights in the UFC. Okay, so how do you stack them up as actors? Well, from what you've seen. From what I've seen, and I hate to say this, because I love Randy Couture, but I do think Rampage Jackson is probably the better overall actor of the two. He had better comic timing. Because he's such a natural comedian, he's such a natural personality, whereas Randy Couture is a very laid-back, reserved person. Well, but he looked out of place with the rest of those guys. He didn't hang with the rest of those guys, whereas Randy Couture actually hung. Now, in real life, he could probably kick all their asses. Oh, yeah, but I mean, like... You know, if you're in a dramatic term with Lee Mason, who's won an Oscar, you got to bring it, dude. And when you're playing a comedy role, there's only so much you can do, whereas Randy Couture did not look out of place next to Dolph Lundgren. Right. Who's, as far as I know, the only movie he's been in is this movie and Rocky. He's been in lots of movies. You know, like Red Heat. You know, like Randy Couture was definitely more on the level with these guys than it was, than Rampage was on the level of all the upcoming A-list stars. But with that being said, I think Rampage is younger. He's got better comedy to comedic timing. And also, I think that Rampage is a guy who is willing to do more. I think if you came to Rampage Jackson, you said Rampage, we want you to be in a comedy role. He would do it. If you said Rampage, we want you to be in a role where you get, like, you know, where you get beat up by a guy in a monkey suit. He would do it. If you did Rampage, we want you to be in a romance. He would do it. If you went to Randy Couture, let's face it. You can cast him as a mercenary, a sergeant. Or a fighter. Or a fighter. Yup. You know, you can't cast him as that. Maybe you can cast him as the star's grumpy dad, who wants to beat up the boyfriend. But like, realistically, there's only so much you can get out of Randy Couture. I think you can get more of Rampage, and I think he wants it more. You know, you'd have to go to Randy Couture and say, "Hey, we've got a spot for a sergeant. Do you want to play it?" He'd say, "Yes." But Rampage is going to come to you and say, "What do you got? Give me anything. Give me anything, man." Now, Rampage seems to have turned his back on acting. He seems to want to prefer fighting, by the time he's fighting careers over, and he wants to go back and do movies, I think he's got a future. Not everyone is Randy Couture, who could fight until they're 45, 46, 47. Rampage is not that old. He's only 34, I believe. I don't have the stats in front of me. But keep in mind, 34 years old is younger than Tom Cruise, younger than Bradley Pitt, younger than Edward Norton, younger than George Clooney. You know, there's plenty of time left that he can be 37, 38, 39 years old, fighting more years in the fight games. It was a long, long time. Yeah, if he gets five more years in the fight game, that's a success. I'd be stunned. I'd be amazed. But like, if he gets five more years, he can still go into movies and be younger than Edward Norton is now. You know, like, there'll be plenty of time for him to, like, you can take kind of bumming 18 roles. And like, if he doesn't get another movie out of 18, I'm sure that there'll be other B movies that, you know, like, Rampage, you want you to play a tough mercenary. You want you to play, you know, like a boxer or something. There's other roles that he can get. And over the next five or six years, I think you'll see Rampage is able to build out a bit more, where I think Randy Couture is a little bit too far along and a little bit too limited. So Rampage versus Couture has actors, Rampage wins. How about Rampage versus Couture in a light heavyweight fight? I still think Rampage would win. I think so. I mean, ultimately Couture is an awesome fighter. I love Couture. I think he's one of the best of all time. But I've been saying this for a while. He's 45, 46 years old. His standing striking game is not anywhere close to what it was. And it never was epic. It was never legendary. And I mean, he's getting to the point where, you know, Rashad had to dance and dive for three years, for three rounds just to survive Rampage's attack. And he still almost got clubbed to death on the third round. Randy Couture is not that good at ducking and diving and keeping the fight away. I think it would be a bad matchup for him. It would be a bad matchup for him. Because I don't think he can easily wrestle Rampage into submission. And I think that if Rampage hits him with a couple of good shots, he like, that's exactly what happened with the Chuck Liddell fight. His Chuck Liddell was just enough of a wrestler to keep Randy off and for long enough to land a punch. Okay. So we've got Rampage as the better actor, the probably the winner in a lightweight match. But Expendables was a better movie. Expendables in the Battle of the Summer movies, Randy Couture is the champion. You know, unless Roy Nelson in Eat Pretty Law comes up with something amazing. Right now, Randy Couture, Summer movie champion. Yeah. So go see Expendables. Probably I wouldn't recommend seeing you. You can rent a team if yeah, I mean, but just rent it with open eyes. It's not a great movie. So there you go. Cool. That's about it. Maybe sometime we'll review Tekken for Roger Huerta. Alright guys, have a good one. Have a great week.
