Wrestling for life

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2009)

Darren Arnofsky (Requiem for a Dream) comes back with a powerful drama, driven by great performance comeback by Mickey Rourke and takes a deeper look behind the scenes of the wrestling show at the American society, its family models, everyday life in the little towns and the difficult path of an extraordinary yet representing 'every man' individual - who once on top, is now struggling with hard reality out of the ring...
What's the price of life without glory? Is there a place for friendship, love, lust, happiness or security... or maybe there is no place for life at all...? Can one remain the same for the whole life or there is a need to adapt or re-adapt? With Ram - the main character, we question throughout the film different aspects of human condition, individual struggle to find the true meanings...
Great job of the cinematographer Maryse Alberti, often following the hero from behind - like in a documentary movie... simple but very powerful way of story telling... Must see!