Plot Summary - Mickey Rourke stars as an aging wrestler - once an 80s wrestling superstar called Randy "The Ram" - who now appears in small-time matches and fan autograph appearances just to make ends meet. His body all worn out from years of abuse, a sudden heart attack and by-pass surgery forces him, unwillingly, to give up his career and take a job behind a grocery store deli counter. Friendship with a pole dancer/stripper (Marisa Tomei) at a local club he frequents, plus troubles re-establishing a non-existent relationship with his now grown daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) are in the mix.
Review - This is an absorbing film, a real character study into this man's world. Mickey Rourke does a phenomenal job playing this role - I'm not sure if he shouldn't have won the Best Actor Oscar over Sean Penn who won for "Milk" (both were excellent). That's sort of a sleazy strip club he goes too - Marisa Tomei does a pretty good job here as the typical film stripper with a heart of gold, so-to-speak. The film includes a number of rather bloody, violent wrestling scenes - ugh, hard to look at Mickey Rourke sometimes they've got him so messed-up and bedraggled looking in this. I thought this film was excellent and liked the heavy metal 80s music they used throughout this (yeah, in the early/mid 80s I definitely had a patch where my faves were Def Leppard, The Scorpions, Motley Crue, Ozzy). Rating - 9/10 stars
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