Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

1st Match: Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog vs Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson, and Jake Roberts. A good match to get the crowd excited. A typical face vs heel match, but more unpredictable than what WCW was doing at the time. Even though the heels win, the match still does a good job of getting the crowd into the show. Rating: 3.5/52nd Match: Roddy Piper vs Goldust, Hollywood Backlot Brawl. The fight starts in the parking lot, and continues until just before the main event. I'm gonna go ahead and just review the whole match here though. A good comedy match, that's also pretty hard hitting. They even throw in some of the OJ car chase footage and it ends with Piper ripping the clothes off Goldust to reveal him wearing women's lingerie. Pretty funny stuff. Is it the best match, no, but it's pretty damn entertaining. Rating: 4/53rd Match: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Savio Vega. An alright match, but probably the weakest match of the night. It's still watchable, but Austin doesn't have his character quite down yet. It's an easy enough watch, but ultimately pretty forgettable. Rating: 3/54th Match: HHH vs The Ultimate Warrior. The match is just a squash, with Warrior no-selling a pedigree, and then beating Hunter in less than 2 minutes. It's a funny match, but not worth a rating. I won't count it against the show's final rating however, unlike some terrible WCW matches the week before this aired. Rating: None5th Match: Diesel vs The Undertaker. I don't think "The Streak" was a thing yet, but Taker sure comes close to losing this. Both guys get some good offense, and Taker almost loses on several occasions, but at the end of the day, Nash isn't Brock Lesnar, so Taker wins. The match also does a good job of finalizing Nash's heel character, which he would take to WCW in a couple of months. Rating: 3.5/56th Match: Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart, Iron Man match for the WWF Championship. This match is fantastic, the best Mania match I've seen since I started reviewing these for the site. There are better Mania matches, but this is easily in my Top 10 Favorite Matches of All Time list, if I were to make it. These guys go a full hour, and they're so evenly matched, that there's not a single decision throughout the whole thing. That's ballsy, to have a main event over an hour long, and not have a single fall. The first half is mostly Michaels showing off some impressive counter wrestling, and the second half is more acrobatic. There are a lot of rest holds, but there's still a constant pace to the match, so it doesn't feel like an hour. It legit feels a 30 minute match, but it's twice as long, you know how the best one-on-one ladder matches have a constant pace to them so they don't feel slow, this is equivalent to that. Fantastic stuff. The match ends in a draw of 0-0, but continues under Sudden Death rules because there must be a winner. Michaels then kicks Bret's head off and wins his first WWF Championship in one of the greatest Wrestlemania matches of all time. I understand that the match isn't for everyone, but I love it, I can easily see this winning "Match of the Year" when I do my list. Rating: 5/5Final Rating: 8 out of 10. The best Mania I've seen since starting these reviews. The small card helps keep the show from being overcrowded, and the main event somehow defies time in it's length. Quality over quantity, that's what WWF did with this event.

A passable Wrestlemania.Firstly lets get the bad out of the way. Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart fought for the WWF Heavyweight Championship in a 60 minute iron man match. However the match was mediocre and bored fans senseless with their methodical rest holds and boring moves. The match was restarted at the 60 minute interval and Michaels pinned Hart to capture the belt, but no one cared. At least 5,000 fans walked out on the match near the end because they were bored.'The Ringmaster' Steve Austin downed Savio Vega in another boring match. Austin did not like this gimmick at all and was made worse by the fact that he was managed by Ted DiBiase who still thought at the time it was the year 1988 and not 1996. Austin was relived when DiBiase left the WWF for WCW at the time which was understandable.The Ultimate Warrior squashed Hunter Hearst Hemsley in 30 seconds. Warrior refused to put Hemsley over in any way and even demanded he kick out of the pedigree, not believable at all. Triple H has stated many times that he found Jim Hellwig "The most unprofessional person, he's ever stepped into the ring with". Considering Triple H's record of winning nearly all his matches and screwing over people (Booker T at Wrestlemania 19 and Rob Van Dam at Unforgiven 2002 and many more) he's got a bit of a cheek.The PPV does have it's highlights though, such as the Hollywood Backlot Brawl featuring 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper and Goldust (the sight of two wrestlers chasing each other down the highway at the time was unbelievable, even though some of it was footage of OJ Simpson) and the match between The Undertaker and Diesel was fairly decent.Results from the show which was held in Anaheim, California: Owen Hart, The British Bulldog and Vader defeated Jake 'the snake' Roberts, Ahmed Johnson and Yokozuna in a fair 6 man tag match.... 'The Ringmaster' Steve Austin downed Savio Vega in a mediocre match.... The Ultimate Warrior pinned Hunter Hearst Hemsley in a 30 second squash.... The Undertaker downed Diesel in a fair match.... 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper went to a non finish with Goldust in an entertaining Hollywood Backlot Brawl.... Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart to capture the WWF title in a poor match.Overall Grade - C

HBK vs. Bret Hart in the 60 minute Iron Man match in my opinion was the best match ever put together. Vince McMahon is a genius, thinking of this is what makes McMahon the man he is today. I just wish he didn't become such an a-hole in the show.

The 12th Wrestlemania was also one of the most interesting. For the first time ever the main event of Wrestlemania was guaranteed to last one hour. This would have been laughable in the days of Hogan, Andre and even Nash but the task has been given to two more capable athletes.The main event is by far the biggest match in Michaels career yet he still takes all the risks he became famous for and combined them with a solid, cerebral ground based attack. Bret on the other hand enters a hesitant performance and seems reluctant to give Michaels anything. The drama in the closing moments is excellent however and Michaels title win was long over due. Unfortunately, instead of staying in the ring after the decision and congratulating the new champ Bret storms out of the building like a spoilt child who had to share his favourite toy. Aside from this complaint the match is awesome.The undercard is a mixed bag, some good some bad. Overall the good outweighs the bad and makes WMXII a recommended event.