BUMFIGHTS. This DVD includes fights between bums, gang fights, fights in park settings with dozens of teens and twentysomethings, and lots of 'you name it'. We'll get to the 'you name it' later.
The guys who put this shit together are currently in jail for it. They got caught during a home break in/destruction spree and are basically fucked. I regarded this fact as the happy end to the fucked up shit I witnessed on the BUMFIGHTS dvd. It's incredibly fucked up. It's the mean version of JACKASS. These guys are out to harm others, while the JACKASSers are basically out to hurt themselves (you know, that ol' white male self-hate thing!)
No one died (probably; one guy got his head stomped on numerous times at a car show rumble), but you can bet that bones were broken and blood was spilled. The famed fights between bums are basically sad displays of desperate people doing anything for money, but the non-bum fights are interesting in a way. You can use them as instructional videos of what to do/what not to do in a fight. Kind of like an amateur UFC. But in the end I regret the fact that I watched BUMFIGHTS in the same way I regretted the fact that I watched BANNED FROM TV. Once you see ugly shit like this, you can't un-see it. I made my choice and I'll live with it...
My burning question is about the fights between teens in parks: what the fuck are these assholes doing and what kind of shitty town allows for large groups of teenage boys to congregate in parks and videotape amateur fights in broad daylight? I'm talking about 50 kids. Two at a time fight, and they beat the SHIT out of one another. All the while, you can see a few breaking ranks and attempting to transform from spectator to fighter, challenging anyone who'll step in. Shit man, WTF???
Now for the 'you name it'...a segment called "the bumhunter." A guy who looks and talks much like the Crocodile Hunter goes out on missions and basically kidnaps homeless people. He sneaks up on sleeping bums and puts plastic handcuffs on his hands and feet, and duct tapes his mouth (around his head). The bums are freed in the end, but again this is highly disturbing. It's almost funny the way the host says "ooo, he's a fiesty one" but one is left feeling a little guilty at what one just laughed at. There's other stuff but hell, I feel kinda dirty even talking about it.
In short: sick. I'm sick. BUMFIGHTS is sick. I need another beer.
