By Kevin Kelly

KING OF KONG falls into the category of films I like to the call "Little Engines That You Never Thought Would, But They Could Anyhow." On paper, a documentary about two video game players going after the world record high score on Donkey Kong doesn't sound that thrilling, does it? You're probably thinking that you'd either need to be a) a video game nut, b) a documentary nut, or c) someone who just likes odd trivia. Well, you'd be wrong on all counts. I went and saw this movie with a slew of people who weren't video gamers or documentary fans, and we all loved this movie. Now you can pick it up on DVD with a ton of extras and relive the mullet-haired competition in your own home.

So, what's the meat and potatoes of this story? Yes, it is set against a Donkey Kong competition, but who are you rooting for? In some of these contests, each person has their good qualities and their bad qualities. However, in KING OF KONG there is clearly a hero, and clearly a villain, and the filmmakers don't make it any mystery in figuring out who is who. You've got the video game "badass" Billy Mitchell in one corner, the guy who achieved the first ever "perfect game" in history on a Pac-Man machine. In fact, he's been honored the world over as one of the best video game players ever. He's tall, sports a massive mullet, wears patriotic ties with the Statute of Liberty and American flags on them, and has a plastic wife with enormous fake boobs. Oh, and he runs a hot sauce business. If that's not an American success story, then I don't know what is.