Eye Candy #389 - "Sting - Moment of Truth"

Sting - Moment of Truth:  These wrestling bio videos are interesting in the sense that it’s usually uncensored commentary by the wrestler and his peers about their time in the business (at least the WWE variety are, and they are the most widespread).  This DVD is completely different from that.  Rather than focus on interviews with Sting and his peers, we get a dramatization of Sting’s life, starring some really lousy amateur actors, from his pre-wrestling days up to his time in the WCW, along with weird metaphorical vignettes about his internal struggles with fame and stardom and the challenges of life on the road, all of which are laughably bad.  The focus of Sting’s is his once-casual then conversion to religion (the Promise Keepers get a shout out) and his woe-is-me personal life.  Tell you what Sting, you’re a multimillionaire, you have fans all over the world, and you want us to feel sorry for you putting the business before your family?  Sorry.  You want a personal story to empathize with, listen to Jake “The Snake” Roberts.  Until then, you’ve got nothing to complain about.  If you have to create fictional drama in your film to keep people engaged, perhaps your life really isn’t all that interesting.  Plus his disdain for the peripheral wrestling community (particularly the media and fans) is palpable.  The only matches shown are from his later crow-face WCW days.  Not compelling, nor does it make you want to track down more footage of the Stinger.   Woodchuck sez, “Easily the worst of these I’ve seen.”