Ever since Tubi took down the Lingerie Fighting Championships, I have been jonesing to see women in lingerie beating the crap out of each other. Fortunately for me, I was able to pick up this DVD for cheap. It’s the first entry in the LFC series and to my surprise, it’s not an actual event, but a mockumentary about the league. ( I assume the LFC and this movie were created concurrently.) As a fan of the later events, which were “legitimate” PPV fights, I was rather disappointed as this is essentially a workplace comedy, and not an especially funny one either. Think The Office but with women MMA fighters.
It’s kind of obvious from the start they’re trying way too hard for laughs, especially all the shit with the idiot coach in the red headband. The scripted jokes aren’t funny either, and the staged interviews that are supposed to be played more or less straightforward are phony and forced. I don’t know if they were trying to emulate GLOW or what, but it just doesn’t work. There’s a lot of this kind of crap early on, and I had hopes that once the fights began, things would start looking up.
I was wrong.
Not only are the fights held in an empty arena with a crowd green screened in the background, but the action is constantly interrupted by interview footage. This would’ve been fine if the interviews were shown before and after the match, but to drop them in during the fight is almost unforgivable. An even greater sin: The fights are fake, and many aren’t very convincing either. Fortunately, some of the matches are lively enough to keep watching (especially the main event). Some of the ringside commentary is pretty funny too. My favorite quip was, “34F is not her apartment number!”
This was probably a learning lesson for LFC. They saw what didn’t work, tweaked it, and perfected the formula by creating “real” PPV events. So, I give them credit for that. I must say if this was my first exposure to the league, I might not have been a fan. Thankfully, they got much, much better when they realized it’s a lot more entertaining when the action is “real” (or at least unscripted).
AKA: Lingerie Fighting Championships. AKA: Lingerie Fighting Championships 18: Lace vs. Leather.
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