Post 'Wrestler' Movies
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Nriks — 12 years ago(March 06, 2014 09:20 AM)
He messed his face up with boxing + corrective surgery. As a result, there aren't many conventional roles that he can play.
A 60 year-old guy with a pumped up body, prison tats and a face like the incredible melting man doesn't have many options. Especially since Danny Trejo has pretty much cornered the market for that particular "type."
Guys like Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Liam Neeson and even Bruce Willis still have an "everyman" appeal. They can play someone's dad (or even granddad) in one movie, a jilted lover in another movie, then an action hero in the next. They can take on the appearance of different characters.
Rourke, like Stallone, has turned himself into a cartoon character. If you need a washed-up fighter, biker, mercenary, Viet Nam vet, bounty hunter or stuntman, then Mickey's your guy. But these are the kind of roles you only really see in DTV movies. Any "normal" role is pretty much off limits because of the way he looks. -
phelpsmarc — 9 years ago(April 21, 2016 12:23 PM)
I finally rented Ashby about a month ago after it finally made its way to the local Redbox kiosk
It was decent
I haven't seen any of the other Rourke movies released in the last couple of years. I doubt the1c84y even made it to Redbox.
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kcott44 — 9 years ago(August 21, 2016 10:09 AM)
The Wrestler is such a fantastic film and has such an amazing performance from Rourke that after that film, I became a fan. Angel Heart is another fantastic film with another fine performance. Rourke got a very solid shot after The Wrestler, being in Iron Man 2 (A forgettable film) but it just kind of fizzled out. Killshot, I thought was very good, but I believe that was actually made before The Wrestler, just released after. The Informers and 13 I didn't see, I have heard such bad things about them, same goes for Java Heat, Passion Play, The Courier, War Pigs, etc. All of those cheap DTV movies he's doing now. I hated Sin City 2, he looked off in that film, I think that was due to poor make up. The Expendables was alright, I haven't seen it in years but I believe SPOILERS he died in the opening.
I guess roles died for him, look at Cuba Gooding Jr. same thing happened with him, have you seen the flicks he's been doing now? -
asgard-5 — 9 years ago(August 22, 2016 02:08 PM)
I liked Informers a lot, and him in it. Java Heat is a beautiful movie, not memorable or particularly captivating, but it looks very good for what it is and he's kind of different in it. Courier turned out to be pretentious trash and he's bad in it. Passion Play is a little artfilm that doesn't work, because it's also pretentious and he looks like his opinion about the project changes from scene to scene. War Pigs is a cheapo with an autopilot cameo by him. The further it is from Wrestler, the worse he is and the movies he does. Although Ashby is an exception to that. He's good and the movie ain't bad.