Ordinary and Nothing Special

Rating: 5/10 (19 February 2009)

For all the hype this movie got it was a major letdown. It was an OK movie but seemed there was more in the way of just getting by. Mickey Rourke sounded like he was imitating Rocky . I did not sense any acting identity at all. The wrestling scenes were not realistic even by wrestling standards. It was more shock and awe than anything else. The side characters did not impress me much as well. Marisa Tormei was fine , as she always is . Her acting talents were wasted. I did like the 80s soundtrack and I feel that Bruce Springsteen was robbed by the Academy by not being nominated for his song The Wrestler. Other than the music and some shock scenes that were more inline with a B Horror flick , the movie did not have much. Whoever marketed this movie did a great job, because it seems to be getting tons of kudos. I am still waiting for Mr. Rourkes comeback , because I did not see it in this.