Movie reviews for the fighter

The Wrestler is a harrowing story of many wrestlers from across the world of the professional wrestling circuit. It tells the story of Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a wrestler who was once at the top of his game but now struggles on the small time circuit to make ends meet, along with his weekday job at a Supermarket.

Some of the fight scenes involved in this circuit are not for the faint of heart, some of them involve being stapled multiple times (the scene where the staples were removed was extremely unnerving), a fork to the forehead, and being dropped. onto a table full of glass, to name a few.

I heard that Mickey Rourke, because of his extremely realistic performance, will be invited to one of the key WWE inventions where he will fight, and I must say that the performance is fascinating, you instantly believe just by his face that he has led a life where the world has His body has been pummeled non-stop, from steroid injections to maintain his performance, to trying to make amends with his daughter Stephanie, played superbly by Evan Rachel Wood, to trying his luck with a local stripper, who only sees him as a customer at first. , but his lovely heart makes him realize that he is a soft-hearted ram. Marisa Tomei plays the love interest, and I’m not the only one wondering how she has the body of a teenager even though she’s approaching middle age.

Mickey Rourke does an excellent performance capturing the mannerisms and attitudes of many wrestlers, if you’re a fan of the WWF (World Wrestling Foundation now WWE) from the early 80’s to the 90’s you’ll recognize some of the cameos and their references.

You’ll find yourself rooting for “The Ram” at all times, literally begging him not to step into the ring that inevitable one more time.

It’s a superb movie that does a little behind-the-scenes justice to many wrestlers of a bygone era, the haunting score and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Wrestler” drive it home.