Heart breaking

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2012)

I am a fan of Mickey Rourke. I always was. This is the story of a man who has nothing left in life. His daughter is gone. His only friend, a strip dancer, is there, but he knows that it is going to be tough for her. There is a point of no return he has crossed. So he goes to the end of his destiny, which is what a hero does. He chooses his way of going because his heart cannot take it anymore. I really thought he would make it as a salesman in the supermarket. He was so funny and full of life. But no, destiny did not want it. An unforgiving daughter and a dark night alone in the snow sealed his destiny. It is a true lesson of life. Because losers are not the one we think. There are no losers. There are missing opportunities, missing words. The daughter should have told him it was okay. The dancer should have told him he could watch her dance. And that lady in the supermarket should have known that it is a human being who is doing the service, not a robot. Like drops of rain, one after the other, small and innocent, because no one will ever say he is guilty of pushing another person to suicide, all these drops will go and wash someone away. I have really cried at the end of that movie. It is heart breaking. Where is God? Where is redemption and forgiveness? Why is it that we cannot say that a smile and to say "Yes, it is okay" would save one person? And to save one is to save the world. Gone is the Ram to the green valley of troubled souls. He loved kids, and he will not be alone in the other world. Thank you for this movie!! And thank you, Mr Rourke. I know what it means to play like this. Heart breaking.