Wrestler-Is Much Ado About Nothing As Rourke Looks Like He Has Been through Ringer **1/2

Rating: 6/10 (25 April 2009)

Ordinary story of a dejected wrestler who dreams for a comeback. Quite appropriate for Mickey Rourke as he has been out of the limelight for years now. Nonetheless, his performance was really nothing special except that he needed much physical stamina for it.
To me, Rachel Evan Wood steals the movie for her fine supporting work as his dejected daughter. If Viola Davis could have been nominated for best supporting actress in "Doubt" for 1 scene, Wood should have been so as well.
Marisa Tomei also fares well as the stripper who has mixed feelings about Rourke.
Basically a film about 3 unhappy people whose unhappiness spills over to one another.
By the way, when bypass surgery occurs it's time to call a halt to wrestling.