VAMPIRO: ANGEL, DEVIL, HERO (Anchor Bay, 2008) D: Lee Demarbre, w/ Ian Hodgkinson. Rating: NNN DVD package: NN Rating: NNN
If you liked The Wrestler and want a more realistic look at the subject, check out Vampiro. Ian Hodginson grew up in Thunder Bay, went to Mexico and achieved enormous success in pro wrestling as El Vampiro.
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Ottawa director Lee Demarbre follows him on a European tour and through his attempt to set up his own wrestling league. What emerges is an okay portrait of an energetic, powerfully self-directed man in a gruelling business.
EXTRAS Deleted scenes, alternate ending. Widescreen.
