Outstanding.

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2009)

I liked the Rocky movies when I was a little kid. And I always thought there wouldn't come a movie like that anymore. I was wrong. Next to Rocky 6 this wrestling movie was outstanding! Mickey Rourke acts phenomenal. We all know wrestling is fake, but it looked pretty real in this movie. Wrestling is not harmful for those big guys, but it is when one of those big guys gets old. Mickey was cute in this character with his hearing device, his heavy breathing. It took a great deal of acting getting the viewer there where he wanted to get us; to get sympathy with a old man who neglected his daughter.
In this movie Mickey and Pam are too old for their business. Pam has a family, her son. Mickey has no-one. His daughter hates him and Pam cannot have a relationship with her customer. The ending was excellent, where the crowd becomes his family. Great movie, great acting. Wonderful!