This week the Dack traveled to the local art house theater to see The Wrester. I had heard some positive things and was excited to see Mickey Rourke's oscar nominated performance as a washed up wrestler. I knew that the film might have a darker edge to it but in my heart I was hoping for something uplifting...
Instead what the Dack got was a body slam of cold harsh reality..... as humans we make mistakes and sometimes we learn from them and yet other times... well, we're human. This film is completely supported by the broad shoulders of Mickey Rourke and although he does have Marisa Tomei and Rachel Evan Wood to play against for some of the film.... ones like or dislike of the film falls solely to Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rourke's performace captures the heart and soul of Randy "The Ram" Robinson a man who had one love in his life and pursued it at the cost of everything and everyone else around him. The sub-story of Randy attempting to repair his relationship with his daughter felt shallow due to limited screen time.
Although his scenes with Marisa Tomei are very good, her good hearted stripper character has been done far to often in Hollywood.... The behind the scenes look at small time wrestling and the mix of young up and comers contrasted with veterans who had seen the big time was something I enjoyed as an old wrestling fan.
I was intrigued by the entire story but it was also hard to really understand the passion driving Randy Robinson when all the film shows us is the broken piece of meat years in the wrestling ring had made him.Walking out of the theater the Dack was completely disappointed.... In today's world we want to see our hero's overcome adversity and weakness to become something better and the Dack is no different..... but in the last couple of days I have realized that sometimes life's messes never get fixed they way we think they should, that's how life works.... coming to accept this fact is why The Wrestler gets sevenDacks.
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