Lost for words, Mickey Rourke TRUELY IS "Randy 'The Ram' Robinson".

Rating: 9/10 (19 September 2018)

Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" is a dream flick both for die-hard entertainment wrestling fans and Rourke fans.
My first thoughts about Rourke as "The Ram" was " okay, i love Mickey Rourke, but there's no chance that he is gonna sell himself as a wrestler." And i thought someone like Kevin Nash ("Diesel" in WWF and "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash in his golden years in WCW) could play the role instead. Boy, was i wrong about Rourke selling it as a wrestler. He killed it! Three minutes into the film, he wasn't Rourke anymore, he was Randy "The Ram" Robinson! What a great performance. The Oscar snub of 2009 for sure. Marisa Tomei killed it as Pam also.
Aronofsky's directing is spectacular, the one scene that stuck with me all these years (as i write these lines, i just watched the film for the second time after about four years) is the one when Randy is going for the deli counter in the supermarket. What a spectacular shot that was.
Truly a must see.