From Wikipedia: After retiring from professional wrestling in 1994, Lesseos appeared in numerous television series films as both an actress and stuntwoman. She has written, produced, and starred in several motion pictures, including Pushed to the Limit (1992), Beyond Fear (1993), Streets of Rage (1994), Personal Vendetta (1995)[5] and Double Duty (2009). Her credits also include Million Dollar Baby, Gangs of New York, The Scorpion King, Man on the Moon, The X-Files, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and Final Impact. She was also the longtime stuntwoman for Jane Kaczmarek on Malcolm in the Middle.[2]
@@j.robertsergertson4513 all the fight scenes, they were cut sadly from the final product, but the reason she was the way she was is that she fought in a kumite. Source: trust me bro
Wait, so this woman served as a staff member on an entry in The Mummy series?* *The Mummy is an action adventure film serving as a reboot of the iconic Universal Monster that is also one of the more beloved entries in the Universal Classic Monsters canon and spawned a franchise that lasted from 1999 to 2008. One of the sequels to The Mummy was The Scorpion King; a fantasy adventure B-movie that doubled as an extension of the prologues from the first two films. So basically, the star of this B-grade so-bad-it's-good rassle flick got involved in an iconic staple of late '90s-mid 2000s action filmmaking.
Mimi was in the AWA. When the promotion closed its doors, she wrestled for a small female promotion called The Ladies Professional Wrestling Association before doing stunts for films. And yeah, she’s super nice.
38:08 dead body on the mat sax starts to play and jason having a little dance absolutely broke me I think iv watched that bit 16 times in a row now I can't stop laughing I want it as a separate clip lmao
I absolutely love the fact the main bad guy OWNS a casino. Not manages for the mob, not works there, he owns it. And yet he goes in abandoned buildings to deal with low level pushers. That's so stupid it's brilliant
I was really hoping for more extreme close ups during the fight scenes but I was not disappointed. The cinematography looked like it was done by handing a camcorder to an eight year old kid, paid in candy, who couldn't keep from messing with the zoom lens every five seconds. This film is truely a masterpiece.
Cartwheels, playing hide and seek, and tapping my biceps with sticks helped me get through two tours in the Marines and the mean streets of Chicago 💯👊🏽😎
This movie’s budget was $600k. Half was supplied by an investor and Mimi paid for the other half by selling property and traveling to Japan to raise money through her pro fights.
@@JasonBrant That's correct, she was AWA and LWPA, which was like a second GLOW that she joined. Wrestling magazines back then were confusing and made it sound like Mimi was a GLOW Star, but she just wrestled other women made popular in GLOW
This shared more with the John Travolta Punisher movie than I would have thought. "I made you kill your best friend..." so she managed to have one cold-blooded killer take out another. I honestly kind of love that ending.
calculator = a PDA, I believe. Personal Digital Assistant. Greatest techno-gadgetry of the 90's. Instead of writing shite down in a notepad with a pen, you have to type it into a tiny-ass keyboard instead. Progress!
“True to Vegas” 10:12 is going to enter my lexicon as a phrase meaning “Swear to god” or “Without a doubt”. Don’t know why I found this line so amazing.
Maybe it's just me, but the 'wise old teacher' looked like he was in his mid 40s at the oldest. He looked like dude's dad from the end of Miami Connection. Also, SBIG needs a Kumite championship belt that says you won the illegal fighting tournament but didn't kill anyone. Probably. Maybe.
I just watched this movie on Tubi last and thought I needed to send it, at least for the surprise Kumite! Came to UA-cam this morning and saw that you already had, somehow I missed it! 😂
I remember watching this about ten years ago. I’ve been hoping you guys would watch it. It is so inept. From the wrestling ring being used for the kumite ring to the camera guy cameo at the end. It is just great bad movie making.
her boyfriend was played by Michael M Foley who is "catain hair" (the tube cyborg) in cybernator. he also played a leading role in the divine enforcer wich is really something you gotta watch on the show
I typically don't notice editing unless its so horrible it pulls me out or something is so great I find a reason to note it. This episode has a few great ones that I felt the need to comment. Well done.
Jesus Christ, there was more zoomed in, up close indecipherable fighting in this movie than all three Christopher Nolan Batman flicks. Probably his main inspiration right here. 😂😂😂😂😂
Everyone demand they watch Double Duty 2009. She snagged Tom Sizemore and if you really want to torture the SBIG crew, you must beg for them to view this movie.
Am I the only one who see the ashtrays on fire in the corners of the fighting mat/ring? Also it looks like a Barrett Jackson auction is about to move in once the match is over. I hope it's the one with the original Batmobile! It's my favorite!
This looks like a sketchy uploaded to youtube video that has had the zoom and sound messed with to get round copyright, which then has been downloaded and sold on dvd as legit. The smell my finger bit was soo odd right?. Real shame about the zoom whatever the case. Jason funny as always. Brian and Erin getting in some great zingers too. I got the neons on, wearing my shades at night, Bolos out (cos its hot as heck here) and popping finger guns for ya SBIG. Big fan of the channel. Bad movies I never heard of before mostly, with scenes not meant to be funny but funny as heck or insane nonsensical movie plots plus your combined commentary being added is just icing on the cake. Thank you :D
sometimes i watch these episodes and think that this is the only thing that brian has in his life that is important and if jason ever decided to go it alone, brian would probably pull a "carradine", without the happy ending.
I got a bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel, a bunch of dabs, and 2 fat bean burritos. A girl fight movie? I hope it is as good as Chick Boxer, let's gooo! addition: there is a Kumite?! Awesome to the max
With the amount of focus the family got, I legit thought the drug dealer would Avenging Force them a la Steve James's family. The soundtrack sounds like it's from a rom-com.
She was in LPWA & on Verne Gagne's AWA. I thought she was in POWW which was founded by David McLane who founded GLOW, but I just looked it up with no mention of Mimi there. So, my memory was wrong about that.
@@Airman1121 Are those rounds subsonic? Then yeah, I agree. Otherwise, still get a pretty good boom from bullet being supersonic as it leaves the silencer.
20:26 this is b-roll, it's GOTTA be! The actors were just randomly being filmed goofing off, and the director decided to put it in the movie, because........ reasons?
WOW, that is definitely a vanity project. This woman may have been a pro wrestler, but she is not an athlete at all!!! S. B. I. G????? Sure why not??? This movie has definitely the closest close ups of any movie you guys have critiqued!! Good episode guys, but unfortunately not much room for the great humor of the crew. It's the holidays, so hit us with a super S. B. I. G in the near future PLEASE JASON, we're dying for a classic from you and the crew.
The villian totally ripped off Bolo Yeung in Bloodsport at 33:15 doing the 'YOU.....DIE!!!' bit. ;-) This movie is just a vanity gender-reversed Bloodsport and I love it.
I spent the first 15 min trying to convince myself she in this Vanity project wasn't saying she was Dating Wayne Gretsky. As an LA boy in the 90s that's the THE KINGS lineup.
From Wikipedia:
After retiring from professional wrestling in 1994, Lesseos appeared in numerous television series films as both an actress and stuntwoman. She has written, produced, and starred in several motion pictures, including Pushed to the Limit (1992), Beyond Fear (1993), Streets of Rage (1994), Personal Vendetta (1995)[5] and Double Duty (2009). Her credits also include Million Dollar Baby, Gangs of New York, The Scorpion King, Man on the Moon, The X-Files, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and Final Impact. She was also the longtime stuntwoman for Jane Kaczmarek on Malcolm in the Middle.[2]
Pretty respectable career, honestly
The mom on Malcolm in the middle needed a stunt double for what ?
@@j.robertsergertson4513 all the fight scenes, they were cut sadly from the final product, but the reason she was the way she was is that she fought in a kumite. Source: trust me bro
@@Eisenwulf666 Don't forget the 50 consecutive knockouts.
Wait, so this woman served as a staff member on an entry in The Mummy series?*
*The Mummy is an action adventure film serving as a reboot of the iconic Universal Monster that is also one of the more beloved entries in the Universal Classic Monsters canon and spawned a franchise that lasted from 1999 to 2008. One of the sequels to The Mummy was The Scorpion King; a fantasy adventure B-movie that doubled as an extension of the prologues from the first two films. So basically, the star of this B-grade so-bad-it's-good rassle flick got involved in an iconic staple of late '90s-mid 2000s action filmmaking.
I hope the irony of watching a vanity project while drinking a beer called Necessary Illusions wasn’t lost on you
😅 it probably was... nuance isnt exactly their strong suit... great guys, love the show, but you cant say im wrong
I didn't even know the name of the beer until reading your comment, haha.
Where's the boy!? You can't tell me what to do!
@@JasonBrantBrian literally said the name of the beer right after your opening statement about the movie 😂
Delusion rather than illusion would have been perfect, but close enough 😋
Mimi was in the AWA. When the promotion closed its doors, she wrestled for a small female promotion called The Ladies Professional Wrestling Association before doing stunts for films. And yeah, she’s super nice.
AWA... that's what it was. GLOW was the only thing coming to mind.
"I don't live in the grey area. Either we're doing it or we're not." -Erin Brant, 2024
The Running Man cage match !
Erin doesn't play.
The way Brian said, "Sen~saaaiiiii..." like he's Forrest Gump was amazing! Hahaha!
38:08 dead body on the mat sax starts to play and jason having a little dance absolutely broke me I think iv watched that bit 16 times in a row now I can't stop laughing I want it as a separate clip lmao
The happy music at the end was crazy
Me too, I was howling with laughter at how ridiculous that ending scene was, like people die all the time but it was fun after all 😂
I absolutely love the fact the main bad guy OWNS a casino. Not manages for the mob, not works there, he owns it. And yet he goes in abandoned buildings to deal with low level pushers. That's so stupid it's brilliant
It's all a front for his cardboard box operation.
2:38 'I don't know what that pink thing is', sounds like prom night all over again.
🤣
I was really hoping for more extreme close ups during the fight scenes but I was not disappointed. The cinematography looked like it was done by handing a camcorder to an eight year old kid, paid in candy, who couldn't keep from messing with the zoom lens every five seconds. This film is truely a masterpiece.
Cartwheels, playing hide and seek, and tapping my biceps with sticks helped me get through two tours in the Marines and the mean streets of Chicago 💯👊🏽😎
Even though the movies usually disappoint, the SBIG crew never does. Have a great Sunday everyone!
Thanks! Hope you got some laughs.
The lens is the only thing that is "Pushed To The Limit" in this movie
They pushed my tolerance for bad movies to the limits too 😄
Haha, nice.
This movie’s budget was $600k. Half was supplied by an investor and Mimi paid for the other half by selling property and traveling to Japan to raise money through her pro fights.
Pro fights? She was a fighter?
@ sorry by fights I mean wrestling matches.
Mimi was in GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling) and her ring name was Magnificent Mimi.
I'm getting conflicting comments. You sure she wasn't in AWA?
@@JasonBrant That's correct, she was AWA and LWPA, which was like a second GLOW that she joined. Wrestling magazines back then were confusing and made it sound like Mimi was a GLOW Star, but she just wrestled other women made popular in GLOW
7:02 I'm just really impressed with that plant and so must be the camera guy because it's the only thing in frame.
That was one of the few wide shots in the movie and it couldn't get the actors in frame.
The cinematography is top notch.
This shared more with the John Travolta Punisher movie than I would have thought. "I made you kill your best friend..." so she managed to have one cold-blooded killer take out another. I honestly kind of love that ending.
Once again, I love these episodes of "This person thinks they're 'X' and its awesome".
They're some of my favorites.
If she didn't show how she can act, wrestle, dance, fight, and direct, how would any other studio know that they could hire her?
Haha, true.
@@JasonBrantThere are other ways she could convince others that she'd do ANYTHING for a movie...
calculator = a PDA, I believe. Personal Digital Assistant. Greatest techno-gadgetry of the 90's. Instead of writing shite down in a notepad with a pen, you have to type it into a tiny-ass keyboard instead. Progress!
I had one. Used it for studying Scrabble wordlists and training myself to unscramble sets to letters to valid words. Eventually I got a smartphone!
“True to Vegas” 10:12 is going to enter my lexicon as a phrase meaning “Swear to god” or “Without a doubt”. Don’t know why I found this line so amazing.
I don't know why either, haha.
I have a Bingo! Ha ha! Phrase Bingo rules!
Thanks for the upload, you guys have become my safe space. Anytime I'm sick, trying to sleep or eating I'm usually watching y'all 😂
The collective gasp as the word, “kumite”
Gotta love when a movie randomly has a kumite.
Maybe it's just me, but the 'wise old teacher' looked like he was in his mid 40s at the oldest. He looked like dude's dad from the end of Miami Connection.
Also, SBIG needs a Kumite championship belt that says you won the illegal fighting tournament but didn't kill anyone. Probably. Maybe.
Haha, sounds like a great belt.
I just watched this movie on Tubi last and thought I needed to send it, at least for the surprise Kumite! Came to UA-cam this morning and saw that you already had, somehow I missed it! 😂
I remember watching this about ten years ago. I’ve been hoping you guys would watch it. It is so inept. From the wrestling ring being used for the kumite ring to the camera guy cameo at the end. It is just great bad movie making.
8:45 I'd be so pissed if I was the partner...like..."Dude...why are you trying to get us killed?!?!"
Not only couldn't he keep his mouth closed, he had to insult the drug dealer🤣
@@JasonBrant We all have that one ret@rded friend that says stuff they shouldn't...I have like 5....
The training montage music sounds like an 80s sitcom
It wasn't?
her boyfriend was played by Michael M Foley who is "catain hair" (the tube cyborg) in cybernator. he also played a leading role in the divine enforcer wich is really something you gotta watch on the show
That guy was in Cybernator? Nice catch!
As a Vegasean, this is a traditional dance of my people. 🤣
Love this movie~!
I didn't realize you guys didn't know what this was about. When you started mentioning kumite I was soo excited for the reveal XD
24:40 There goes the budget. We now have to pay Michael Buffer $250,000 to say that.
Guessing by your screen name, you learned that factoid from Jay Hunter as well. 😂😂😂 Can of coke to you, BRAH! 👍🏾
@@LembeckIsStaying What bar is Mimi?
For real. Couldn't believe he said that.
I typically don't notice editing unless its so horrible it pulls me out or something is so great I find a reason to note it. This episode has a few great ones that I felt the need to comment. Well done.
34:29 "Perhaps if I sound like a tornado alarm, they will panic, and I can escape."
🤣
Any good boyfriend knows that the women should always Kumite first.
Fair point.
Kicks before dicks.
Jesus Christ, there was more zoomed in, up close indecipherable fighting in this movie than all three Christopher Nolan Batman flicks. Probably his main inspiration right here. 😂😂😂😂😂
The "dancing" scene is priceless!
YAY!! Mimi AND her mimis are BACK BABY!!!
the baddie offing the MCs friends at the super secret Kumite reminds me of a mix of Charlotte Flair, RUbi Riott and Mami but PWOW era
I have no idea who those people are, but I'm guessing Flair is Ric's daughter.
Her husband is in the hospital and she hasn't visited him or called
Yeah, but she left him a calculator.
17:57 SHE SAID IT SHE SAID IT
Love it.
Erin I want to see you in that outfit too. You're beautiful, you'd look great!
The blonde villainess almost looked like she belonged on a fitness stage. She wasn't huge or anything, but she was pretty ripped.
Susan Powder really hit bottom
She was in great shape.
@@JasonBrant Most definitely.
Everyone demand they watch Double Duty 2009. She snagged Tom Sizemore and if you really want to torture the SBIG crew, you must beg for them to view this movie.
I almost forgot, this was repackaged in the late 90s as "Whole Lotta Queefin' Goin' On!" (Director's Cut). It was genius, cinematic GOLD!
Nasty.
Am I the only one who see the ashtrays on fire in the corners of the fighting mat/ring? Also it looks like a Barrett Jackson auction is about to move in once the match is over. I hope it's the one with the original Batmobile! It's my favorite!
Dude from cybernator with head tubes is in this.
This looks like a sketchy uploaded to youtube video that has had the zoom and sound messed with to get round copyright, which then has been downloaded and sold on dvd as legit. The smell my finger bit was soo odd right?. Real shame about the zoom whatever the case. Jason funny as always. Brian and Erin getting in some great zingers too. I got the neons on, wearing my shades at night, Bolos out (cos its hot as heck here) and popping finger guns for ya SBIG. Big fan of the channel. Bad movies I never heard of before mostly, with scenes not meant to be funny but funny as heck or insane nonsensical movie plots plus your combined commentary being added is just icing on the cake. Thank you :D
Have you guys watched "No Holds barred" yet? We've seen a ton of professional wrestlers in these movies, and not a single damn frog splash.
Eddie!! Eddie!! Eddie!! Eddie!! Eddie!!
🤘😎🤘
“Im a woman of the 90s.” Yes you are Mimi, YES you are!!🫡😍🥰
10:53 Scariest movie bad guys ever. They can actually shoot the people they're trying to.
Her outfits push me to my limits.
🤣 Nice.
22:40 She came in like Eddie Murphy in "Delirious".😂
11:41 edge lights😂😂😂😂
Arin: "If I had a Kumite, it'd have barbed wire."
Them: "Jesus"
Arin's bout that life.
And it'll be surrounded by an electric fence.
sometimes i watch these episodes and think that this is the only thing that brian has in his life that is important and if jason ever decided to go it alone, brian would probably pull a "carradine", without the happy ending.
I got a bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel, a bunch of dabs, and 2 fat bean burritos. A girl fight movie? I hope it is as good as Chick Boxer, let's gooo!
addition: there is a Kumite?! Awesome to the max
20:24 - Hold on... is she playing hide and seek with her blind karate instructor?
With the amount of focus the family got, I legit thought the drug dealer would Avenging Force them a la Steve James's family. The soundtrack sounds like it's from a rom-com.
Good call back(love that movie)
Also the family scene from Thomas Jane’s Punisher movie.
A nice treat this morning!
She was in LPWA & on Verne Gagne's AWA. I thought she was in POWW which was founded by David McLane who founded GLOW, but I just looked it up with no mention of Mimi there. So, my memory was wrong about that.
Gotta love that 80s sitcom saxophone 🎷 soundtrack
This is like DJ Tanner training to fight on an episode of Full House.
This is reminding me of The Kickboxer.
I hope you guys marathon that series as a special.
"why are we so zoomed in?!" *sees the actual fighting * "ah so that is why"
It's a Vegas mish-mash-masterpiece, combining boxing and the "round card" carrying ring girls.
I recognized the Asian Boss at 8:38 from Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles 3, He played Kenshin.. The one who switches with April through time.
I wonder if the director wasn't from the wrestling world. It looks shot like a lot of shows would be.
hilarious reactions 😁😁😁
2 good SBIG girl fight movies Lady Bloodfight which is another female kumite & female fight club trust me youd enjoy them.
I'll check them out, thanks!
7:00 I think that the limo driver is Billy Robinson, British wrestling legend and trainer
“I’m a woman of the 90’s.” Is my new go to for everything now!
It’s been awhile since I sent this one. Mostly remembered it was a Bloodsport / Kickboxer redux with a bonus dance routine. Glad Mimi got the stamps.
ah, the fabled vanity-kumite. the van-ite, if you will
There's no way 'Rick Shaw' is a real name. 😂
There was a very popular radio personality in Miami named that.
@@robotrix that sounds ultra familiar actually, now that you mention that. I'm gonna see if I can find that somewhere.
Looking forward to seeing the judgment. I remember this being not so great tbh.
This is all the evidence we need he uses a Texas Instruments calculator!!!
The happy sit-com music at the end credits just rolls me.
Mimi was in LPWA but also did alot of tours in JWP and even FMW.
Mum really did put on a spread 😅
So glad to see Brian and Erin.
I knew I remembered the boyfriend dude from somewhere. WMAC Masters. He played Tracer.
I also noticed the Boyfriend at 10:32 is from the Karate Show WMAC Masters he played Tracer
The Female Heavy is Nicole Bass. A Temu Chyna who had a cup of coffee in ECW and WWF
The female heavy is Christl Colven, according to the credits.
11:25 and 11:45 No one says anything about the loud bang coming from the silenced pistol, lol.
Actually they got this right! "Silenced" pistols are actually still quite loud IRL!
@@wallyman292 Never heard one that loud.
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@@Airman1121 Are those rounds subsonic? Then yeah, I agree. Otherwise, still get a pretty good boom from bullet being supersonic as it leaves the silencer.
Awesome Star Wars T-shirt I kept trying to read the red shirt awesome so I felt the same way about the camera zoom shots that was maybe half the movie
16:37 the Mimicave
Mimi has got MeMe rarin’ to go if you know what I mean!? 😜 Looking 90s fine as hell! Mimi can push ME to and BEYOND the limit goddamnit! ❤❤❤
20:26 this is b-roll, it's GOTTA be! The actors were just randomly being filmed goofing off, and the director decided to put it in the movie, because........ reasons?
For a moment there, it sounded like she was dancing to The Home Depot theme song.
WOW, that is definitely a vanity project. This woman may have been a pro wrestler, but she is not an athlete at all!!! S. B. I. G????? Sure why not??? This movie has definitely the closest close ups of any movie you guys have critiqued!! Good episode guys, but unfortunately not much room for the great humor of the crew. It's the holidays, so hit us with a super S. B. I. G in the near future PLEASE JASON, we're dying for a classic from you and the crew.
That might be the funniest training montage since Team America
That early fight scene looked suspiciously like 'Future Fights' - also a Kumite gimmick PPV in the '90s.
The villian totally ripped off Bolo Yeung in Bloodsport at 33:15 doing the 'YOU.....DIE!!!' bit. ;-) This movie is just a vanity gender-reversed Bloodsport and I love it.
I spent the first 15 min trying to convince myself she in this Vanity project wasn't saying she was Dating Wayne Gretsky.
As an LA boy in the 90s that's the THE KINGS lineup.
Awwww yeah SBIG time!
They have the boyfriend intubated, awake, and talking. 😂😂
I love these movies where everyone's necks and spinal cords are made of paper meche.
3:31 - Not Wayne Gretsky 😄
So the only thing I've learned from this episode is that Erin would have a kick-ass Kumite.
@30:09 if there is a movie titled "Ticket to Murder" that exists (too lazy to look it up) it would be perfect for this channel.
Another B movie another underground kumite? Where's Daniel Bernhardt when you need him?!
Speaking of wresters on movies have you watched The Masked Mutilator?