Fantastic story with a great lead

Rating: 9/10 (22 March 2014)

I have to admit I may be a bit bias towards this film because I have watched pro wrestling most of my entire life so I would most definitely see this as an awesome film no matter what. However, this film is the film that has reinvented Mickey Rourke and made him a star again. The story of this film follows Rourke as an ageing wrestler who can't wrestle anymore and how he has to deal with his life. Now this film is all about one man and one performance and Rourke is absolutely superb in this film with his performance being the core that this film relies on and he is believable in all the situations that he is put in. The wrestling scenes are incredibly cool and I very much like the way the camera makes you feel like you are with Rourke the whole time as he goes on this journey. There is only a few negatives with the fact the film slows down quite a bit and also in my opinion the ending is quite abrupt with a few questions being unanswered but the longer I think about it I like the ending. So if you are a wrestling film then this film is a must see and if you are a Mickey Rourke fan this film is also a must see.