By Graham "GSM" Matthews

With the "Back to the Future" trilogy being my favorite franchise of all-time, it was only a matter of time before you would see me featured it here in Director's Cut. I think the only reason I waited this long to finally review the series was because I hadn't seen any of the movies in years, and only just recently found the time to watch them all (consecutively, might I add). There should be no questioning that this movie review will be almost all (if not entirely) positive, but you might have just as much fun reading it as I did writing it and watching the movies again for the first time in a long while.

I was first exposed to the "Back to the Future" franchise in my elementary school years and fell in love with the movies almost immediately. I rode the Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios when I was very young and I even remember riding it, but it was before I saw the movies, so I didn't appreciate/enjoy it as much. It is a shame, too, considering the ride closed down in Florida in 2007. Anyway, I believe I watched all three movies in order and I became enamored by the idea of time travel. All these years later, I am still very much in love with the movies and consider them to be my favorite of all time. Watching them back again just recently brought back childhood memories for sure.

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

I have seen plenty of previews for "No Holds Barred" on WWE television in the last year and a half or so and had seen it referred to as a "cult classic". That being said, I had also seen people refer to it as a terrible movie despite being dumb fun. With that in mind, I went into my initial viewing of the movie with fairly low expectations. Somehow or another, the movie managed to be even worse than I expected it to be. I guess I should have seen this coming given the fact it was distributed by WWE Studios.

Remember, WWE Studios wasn't around in 1989, but WWE (or WWF at the time) still played a pivotal role in the production of this movie and own the rights to it, hence why they have heavily promoted its re-release in recent years. Some people may have found the movie to be unintentionally funny given how bad it was, but I honestly thought it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen with nothing humorous about it, intentionally or not. Granted, Hulk Hogan isn't exactly known for putting out critically acclaimed films, but his acting in the movie, along with that of the rest of the actors, was absolutely atrocious. The plot didn't make much sense, and too many aspects of the movie were too corny to the point of being unbearable to watch.

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

First and foremost, I am a massive fan of The Miz (or a massive Mizfit if you will), so that was one of the leading factors in why I decided to watch this movie. Granted, I probably would have watched it regardless had it featured any other WWE Superstar, but I have yet to see The Marine 3 (it is on my long list of things to watch, trust me) and wanted to see how Miz could fare at acting. All in all, I thought it was a fun film for what it was, but I could easily see why some people would see it as predictable or throwaway. You have to keep in mind while watching the movie that it was produced by and aired on ABC Family, a channel known for airing cliche Christmas movies every year. That being said, Miz played his role to perfection and definitely showed that he very well might have career in acting once he is done with wrestling.

I somewhat understood the premise of the film prior to watching it, but I was completely lost within the first 20 minutes or so. It might have been because I couldn't hear it all that well (I watched it on the big screen and my family was making noise in the background), but I didn't really get what the goal of the main characters was until a quarter into the movie. Miz portrayed the ex-boyfriend (whose name is also Mike coincidentally enough) of the main character Tara Bell, played by Francia Raisa (who is absolutely gorgeous by the way). They dated at one point, broke up, and still apparently had a "thing" for each other during the movie despite the fact Tara is already engaged to another man that doesn't know of her hobby as a bounty hunter.