I’ve racked my brain and I can honestly say this is one of the saddest films I’ve ever seen. Mickey Rourke is an acting revelation as a washed-up wrestler who tours the community centre circuit on the back of a golden career twenty years previously.
The parallels drawn between the ‘Ram’ and his love interest are what make this a truly great film. Cassidy works in a strip club competing with younger girls for customers. Both are past their sell-by-date, pulling in the loose change by performing for baying crowds. However, only one of them succeeds in getting out. Staggering.
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