Glad Mickey and Darren got to work together,This movie proves they bring out there talents from each other best

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2015)

This is one of the greatest personal stores put on the big screen you can ask for and A great tale about finding another place in life when you can't do your part anymore.Mickey Rourke killed it as the ram,He did a great job playing a washed out wrestler who just keeps becoming less and less optimistic as time goes on and certain events take place in his life,One being where he gets a heart attack and won't be able to wrestle without killing himself because of it this makes him get the deli counter job and thanks to some advice from Cassidy makes him talk to his daughter Stephanie who he was never there for when she was a child. This movie also does a good job showing to fight the man if he makes things to harsh on you and isn't doing anything to help you on the job,He does have some fun throwing food at the customers but when he gets his hand stuck in a meat grinder thats when he just quits in rage ,that on top of his boss acting like a prick to him ,can you blame him . Randy finds his daughter and starts to repair their bond together,Which includes a amazing monologue from Rourke telling her how wrong him avoiding her was while trying to make it up to her,and lets just say tears were shed during that scene. His second monologue when he's going to fight the ayatollah ,Which is his biggest rival in wrestling and is being called "The Fight of the Century" therefore this match really hyped.The quiet scenes actually say a lot when Clint Mansells score kicks in ,It shows how the sport of wrestling is killing him Psychically and mentality. The scene where Cassidy and Randy are facing in the bar was a nice thing to add to bring some fun and to tribute the music of the 80's He starts losing the ones he loves when Cassidy tells him the truth of their relationship and when he forgot to meet his daughter after having sex with a hooker,This shows after loosing Cassidy he wants to try to fill in that gap but he fails to ,This also makes his daughter quit on him in tears as stated before . Randy initially canceled the Ayatollah vs The Ram match because of his healthy but with nothing left,not even a paycheck for the match,He decides to go through with it anyways ,Shows that he just wants to go out in glory and not continue being washed up and miserable ,This leads to the night of the match where before going out Cassidy tries to stop him and having her tell him despite of what happened between them before states"Im here,Im really here" which is a good way to show you don't know what you have in life until you loose it.Randy says to her that the crowd is counting on him for this match and this is where he belongs ,Cassidy watches him enter the ring where Randy makes a really heartfelt speech stating really vaguely and generally what he's learned with his experiences with Cassidy and Stephanie but how he's still ready to support his fans despite his flaws .The match with the Ayatollah was brutal to watch,He was willing to stop the fight when he recognized Randy was actually in pain but he insists which leads to a scene where the final round happens and The Ayatollah tells ram to bring it home ,With nothing left to lose the ram ,Climbs the ropes ,positive that this may be his left breath and tackles The Ayatollah ,Does a good job showing that at least he gets to go out with a good wrestling buddy of his and as said before and thats one of the reasons he still wants to do this.Finding a flaw with this movie is like bring to make a bullfrog trying to solve calculus .Definitely glad i watched this .Thank you Darren Aronofsky for showing that these guys and girls have more to do then entertain,You have put passion into this movie just like the ram puts passion into his family ,his friends ,his love,His jobs and his sport.