110 out of 111 people found the following review helpful:

Micky Rourke is just mesmerizing.

A Customer from Queens Park, 25th October, 2008

A really immersive film, that manages to live the washed out wrestlers life day by agonizing day. I have only felt this level of emotional gutting once before and that was with my first view of 'Requiem for a Dream'. The world feels authentic and sometimes sexy, honoring its source material, in all it's bloody glory. Mickey Rourke's performance is absolutely incredible and it hurts so much to stare at such a demolished incarnation of him. Marisa Tomei is beautiful and again like with the every other aspect of the film you find yourself just staring in amazement. The film has a dark sense of humor which surprises you during the lows. You can see the turns ahead but ride is too immersive to let yourself second guess the plot, and your first time will be heart throbbing and unnerving.

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43 out of 48 people found the following review helpful:

Wrestle My Bordom Away, Please !!!!

babycarter85 from , 17th February, 2009

The only thing that really caught my attention during this 'film' was the 90 or so minutes that I was wasting viewing it. That time can never be replaced.

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27 out of 29 people found the following review helpful:

Gory

A Customer from Leeds, 13th June, 2009

We only made it about 19 minutes into this movie.. before we turned it off. It is bloody and disturbing and would not be advisable for children to watch.

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18 out of 20 people found the following review helpful:

*** May contain spoilers ***

What were you watching

Enzuigiri from , 3rd June, 2009

The best thing about this movie is that it doesnt blur when you watch it on fast forward on BluRay. This was nothing more than the over-used 'I have one last fight in me' cliche and not played out particularly well. Mickey Rourke was a great choice because his look and boxing 'career' made this almost biographical. For this sort of film to work you need to have built up a love for the character (think Rocky Balboa or Rambo) and therefore accept the flaws as they 'get old' The start of this film in no way built up a feeling of a superstar and therefore the fact that he had faded into obscurity was not a surprise - it felt inevitable and therefore in no way sad. If you want to watch real pain, watch a biography of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts or Andre The Giant and you will see real wrestlers who suffered for their profession and ended up chewed up and spat out. This film was boring at best and the random coke fuelled sex scene was a pointless addition. The final insult was the ending which was one of those 'lets just stop now' type endings - it may also have been to prevent MR from killing himself when he flopped off the top rope - we will never know. High point - Marissa Tomei . showing that you can grow older in extreme style!

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Good but not really my thing

stivali from , 17th March, 2010

Watched this out of curiosity and based upon friends' recommendations. Great performance by Micky Rourke but not much depth to other characters - though to be fair the others characters don't get much room to shine. For me it was too simplistic, didn't really provoke much curiosity. The extras - interview with Rourke and synopsis of the making of the film were of more interest.

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Not what you may expect

Canade from , 16th March, 2010

Wasnt so sure about this before renting but I really enjoyed it. Mickey Rourke plays the the Ram role fantastically, you can really associate with the character as his life seems to fall apart. A moving film that is easy to get into.

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Heartbreaking, but really good.

LeightonJonesy from , 16th March, 2010

Totally lived up to the hype. Although the story is nothing new (this film could easily have been made as 'The Boxer') putting it in the world of wrestling was an inspired move in making it seem more original. However the reason it works so well is Mickey Rourke, he is brilliant. Heartbreaking, but really good.

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the wrestler

A Customer from np16 6ep, 15th March, 2010

absorbing story where you feel the torment for the main caracter. mind you without mickey rourke it just would not work.

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