The storyline of a wrestling promotion’s return from death is told in film form.
It’s ambitious, but does it work?
During this off time, the story was told ina variety of ways.
Some of it was good.
Some of it was a little too silly.
A lot of it was frustrating to wait through because you want to seewrestling happen.
They were released sporadically, until the coming ofNational Pro Wrestling Day, where they were just about daily.
It was announced some time after that they would release a theatrical version of it, calledTheAshes of CHIKARA.
Days after the premiere, the movie wasavailable for mp4 download.
Ashes of CHIKARAstarts where the June iPPVAniversario: Never Compromiseended.
In the fallout, wed follow three main storylines.
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Then theres Icarus, the main character of the story.
As a wrestling angle, it was original and intriguing.
The whole thing just doesnt work.
Its a complete mess and, acting aside, it could have been passable with some decent editing.
Remember inThe Roomhow stuff would happen or be mentioned and then never be touched on again?
Lisas mother revealing she has cancer or Dennys drug problem?
Thats whatAshes of CHIKARAis like.
Hell, the whole death of CHIKARA incident is barely brought up again.
To its credit, thats because Wink Vavasseur and Condor Security arent the antagonists of the film.
That belongs to a group called the Flood.
We should really band together and deal with that.
The build of the Flood as a threat is missing.
The explanation for how Icarus and the CHIKARA fans defeated Condor Security is missing.
It makes about as much sense.
Then theres the acting.
There are a couple rare high spots, at least.
IfAshes of CHIKARAhas anything going for it, its the third act, taking place atNational Pro Wrestling Day.
If the rest of the movie had that kind of continuity, we might have something I could recommend.
Sadly, I cant recommendAshes of CHIKARAno matter how much I like to champion the promotion.
Fans of CHIKARA wont find anything worth seeing that wasnt in the YouTube series.
Potential fans wanting to get into CHIKARA will find themselves confused and are better off just watching their shows.
At least we have more of those to look forward to.
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Rating:
1.5 out of 5
