Booche Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Controversial German director beats up harshest critics in boxing ringTiffany Crawford, Canadian PressPublished: Monday, September 25, 2006 VANCOUVER (CP) - German cult film director Uwe Boll was so fed up with people bashing his movies that he went postal and knocked out some of his harshest critics in the boxing ring. The jovial director challenged his detractors - most of whom ripped his movies to shreds in online reviews - to take a swing at him in the ring. Five people were selected. One fight took place in Malaga, Spain, in September and the other four on Saturday at an outdoor venue in downtown Vancouver. One by one, Boll knocked out his opponents in the boxing ring amid a glitzy, rock 'n' roll spectacle with loud German techno, heavy metal and hundreds of screaming Boll fans. Boll's most recent work is a vampire flick based on the video game "BloodRayne" starring Kristanna Loken and Ben Kingsley. He is also well-known for his low-budget zombie movie "House of the Dead." He said "BloodRayne" was harshly criticized online before it even premiered Jan. 3. An avid gamer, Boll said critics were overreacting to how he translated the game to film. There's even an online petition to get him to stop making movies. Boll, who was in Vancouver working on a pair of upcoming movies, said he has even received death threats that have prompted him to travel with a bodyguard when he attends film festivals. So he tried to make the best of a bad situation with a little humour and good old-fashioned fisticuffs. "I don't get why (the critics) attack me so much," Boll said shortly after he beat up all four opponents in front of an audience of about 600 people. While he was the first to admit the event was "a great publicity stunt," Boll said the other reason for Saturday's spectacle was to try and get journalists, some who haven't even seen his films, to stop trashing his work. "If you're making a zombie movie like "House of the Dead," what are people expecting? 'Schindler's List?' It is what it is. It's entertaining." One of the contenders, journalist Chris Alexander, 31, stunned the crowd when he "psyched out" Boll by spitting out fake blood after a punch to the mouth. However, after the fight, the radio announcer for "Rue Morgue" magazine sat with his rival like they were old chums, saying he deeply respected the controversial director. "Nothing will sway my opinion about 'House of the Dead,' 'Alone in the Dark' and 'BloodRayne.' Nothing. But I knew I would develop some kind of sick, twisted admiration for this guy," Alexander said, laughing. Boll's youngest challenger, 17-year-old kickboxer and self-described Boll-hater Nelson Chance Minter, echoed Alexander's admiration. "I wasn't a big fan of 'House of The Dead' or 'Alone in the Dark,' but after what he's shown me of 'Seed,' I think it's fantastic," Minter said. Said Boll: "See what happens when they take a blow to the head? They like my movies." Richard (Lowtax) Kyanka, who threw in the towel about two minutes into the fight, said he thought Boll punched him too hard. "I feel great. I feel like a very angry German man punched me in the head repeatedly," said the 30-year-old CEO for the Something Awful website. "He kept saying it was PR stunt and a joke, but then he comes on just murderizing me. I want to have more kids someday, so I just said, 'I'm not going to stay in here and keep getting punched in the head.' " Boll said the online critics have changed the way the mainstream media writes about him. "With real journalists they are writing about me getting bashed. They don't write about 'BloodRayne' the movie anymore. Half of every article is about how I get attacked by the fans." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 "I feel great. I feel like a very angry German man punched me in the head repeatedly,"quote of the day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Dude Chives and I have to do this but tag team wrestling against James Keast and Michael Barclay at Exclaim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Dude Chives and I have to do this but tag team wrestling against James Keast and Michael Barclay at Exclaim!OK, but the winners will have to pass a drug test*...Aloha,Brad* Whether it's a test to ensure the winners haven't or have taken drugs is to be decided... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Just talked to a coworker and she knows one of the guys who got in the wring with the guy. Said he was nuts. He was able to get out without too much of a pounding because he spewed fake blood all over the place after the first punch !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 (edited) Just talked to a coworker and she knows one of the guys who got in the wring with the guy. Said he was nuts. He was able to get out without too much of a pounding because he spewed fake blood all over the place after the first punch !! That incident and critic are mentioned in the above article. Edited September 25, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 He supposedly does reviews of horror films and music for a west coast mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 "You wanna antaginze me? Antagonize me mutherfucker, get in the ring mutherfucker, and Ill kick your bitchin little ass, PUNK!" hehehe, thats awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I am still trying to figure out if Zero/Chives are the critics or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 If i remember, i'll ask my coworker which "one" she knows, tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 An interesting thing to note here is that Rue Morgue is basically the template for what I'd like to do for an online or print mag. They savage 70% of the horror they review and people line up for more. Sounds like Chives and I would fit in just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) Coworker is friends with Chris Alexander. Says there's some footage of it. Links to follow .... Edited September 26, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Here's the scoop: Hello All. Chris Alexander here, just back from the strangest weekend of my life - stepping in the boxing ring with the worlds worst filmmaker, UWE BOLL (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne). Boll was so sick of getting slammed by his critics (myself included), that he challenged them to a three round boxing fight in Vancouver while shooting his new film Postal. I was chosen as one of the "lucky" five, the only Canadian, representing my home magazine RUE MORGUE....and of course, my country. Below are links to both footage of the pre show AND the fight, as well as articles printed in a slew of online and pring outlets. Enjoy - and yes I DID get battered and killed...but I fought the good fight and ONLY gave up when the world started to run in BACKWARDS slow motion... Best, "Killer" Chris Alexander Uwe Boll Fights Entrances and Taunts Fights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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