Directed By: Andrew Ramsey

Release Year: 2025

Runtime: 2 parts, approx. 88 minutes each

Studio/Streamer: Netflix

Audio Description Produced By: VSI

Written By: (Need Credit)

Narrated By: Roy Samuelson

What Is it?: ready to talk candidly about all the trials and tribulations, the ups and downs, and face the truth, Charlie Sheen sits down for a fairly comprehensive walk through his life, from growing up the son of a famous actor, and eventually pursuing his own acting career, before gaining a reputation as a bad boy, and having run ins with the law, alcohol, and substance abuse. Now, he’s here admitting he’s not #winning, and ready to bleed that tiger blood to get all the demons out once and for all.

What Works: Charlie rarely backs off from anything here, and embraces nearly every accusation that has been thrown against him, at least to some point, and offering context to where his mind was. he has crazy stories, and some friends do swing by to discuss Charlie’s life. While he may name check even more people, Sean Penn, Tony Todd,Chris Tucker, Jon Cryer, and Denise Richard’s are among those who signed up. Notably, Martin Sheen is missing, though featured a lot in footage, and Emilio Estévez also declined to participate. But other friends of Charlie’s, who become parts of the story, aren’t here either, like Nicolas Cage, or Jennifer Grey. Even Rob Lowe was mentioned, but not present.

This does highlight the rift that Charlie has created in his life, burning some bridges with his behavior along the way. Even some, like Cryer, admit they are hesitant to participate, feeling that this might be just another attempt at Sheen to relaunch his career, leading to eventual self sabotage. You do see that from sheen, the admittance of feeling like they could get away with anything, but also the anxiety and pressure in certain circumstances that led him to need to disassociate with the stress in his life. he rarely blames anyone but himself, and has several crazy stories to tell.

I was actually quite impressed with how much ownership Sheen takes, and though he’s never able to face anyone he needs to apologize to, the subtext is just that. the grievances against him are addressed, and he only ever completely denies one claim made against him (which I had never heard).

What Doesn’t Work: I wonder, as Netflix sometimes does follow-ups to things, if they bothered to show this to Martin and Emilio, and even after watching this they still declined to participate at all. There has to be a reason, and Charlie simply saying his family stands by him does give some pause when both of them could have added their thoughts at the end.Also, while I’m fairly certain Charlie has given us nearly all of himself in this, there is the question of if it is true, since the director never seems to push back. Even the director of Martha seemed to catch Martha Stewart off guard a little. Here, Charlie is just allowed to talk, and basically his friends offer some context and commentary. It is a fine set up, just not a challenging one.

The Audio Description- They find enough ton pull out here, despite the format basically bouncing around talking heads, and giving as much as it can. The audio description soars during the earlier part of the film when Charlie and Emilio were making Super 8 movies as kids. Also, if you play a drinking game with how often Charlie smokes, you’ll be Tiger Blood drunk by the end. Roy’s a fine choice for narrator, and the writing offers more than I expected given the genre.

Why You Might Like it: You wanted to see Charlie Sheen bare his soul.

Why You Might Not Like it: It’s yet another two-part documentary, which is asking you to commit to three hours of Charlie Sheen. Or, you’re just past the point of no return with him.

Final Thoughts: This #winning documentary could have easily been one three hour tour, but assuming we lack the tiger blood required to sit that long, Netflix broke it up. fitting, since Charlie Sheen is a split personality type, with one life in front of the camera, and one behind, which merge, for better or worse, in this revealing film.

Fresh: Final Grade: 7.8/10