Post 'Wrestler' Movies
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death_jamm_productions — 12 years ago(September 29, 2013 03:21 PM)
andrew pm me i totally need that film (black nov)
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filmman3000 — 12 years ago(October 06, 2013 07:36 PM)
I have only seen 13, Iron Man 2, The Expendables. I like these films and he was good in it.
I want to see Killshot, and The Informers.
He bashed 13 before it's release and it did hurt the film, and burnt his relationship with the director who might have gave him future work. Also scares producers away from him, a star bashing a film he is in upon it's release can be very hurtful. If he said something like: it's surprise.
I was reading a review for the film Dead in Tombstone a direct to video movie, where the writer explains very well the madness Mickey Rourke:
Man, what happened to Rourke? After "The Wrestler," he had a second act career resurgence that appeared to be another great Hollywood comeback story. He had a string of high-profile blockbuster films "Expendables," "Iron Man 2" among them and a whole list of films on IMDb that were slated in pre-production, many with large casts and studios.
He swore in all his cover story interviews around the release of The Wrestler that he'd "learned his lesson" the hard way by bad-mouthing Hollywood in the '80s and '90s, and that he wouldn't allow his career to become ruined again, as he had resorted to straight-to-video flicks in the late '90s and early '00s when his career was in truly dire straits. (He claims a narrative that he was out of work entir5b4ely for a decade, but the truth is, he was just appearing in really crap films.)
But he didn't heed his own words of wisdom. Within a couple years, these things had happened: he publicly dissed The Expendables 2, claiming he wouldn't return unless they paid him more. He was never cast in the film, and the plot was re-written to involve a younger character in his place. After the worldwide success of EX2, which could have been another franchise for Rourke, a producer on the film was asked whether he'd be back for round three. "Maybe if he doesn't act so crazy," was the reply from the producer. As of September 29th, the third film is in production, and Rourke's name is absent from the cast.
He also publicly bad-mouthed writer/director Martin McDonaugh (In Bruges), claiming he wasn't being paid enough by the "creep" to star in the film Seven Psychopaths; he dropped out, and was replaced by Woody Harrelson. The film wasn't a big hit financially, but critics loved it, and it had a huge ensemble cast. Instead of starring in that film, he starred in a straight-to-video movie with Kellen Lutzif you don't know who that guy is, it's because he was one of the shirtless vampires in Twilight.
Then he bad-mouthed Marvel Studios, claiming they butchered Iron Man 2. Not a huge deal since his character had no chance of coming back anyway, but it's more burnt bridges. He also annoyed the crap out of Rober2000t Downey Jr on the set of the film (RDJ went out on a limb for him and fought to have him cast in the film after Rourke's pay demands were deemed too high by Marvel, btw); apparently his Method Acting routine was hugely obnoxious to cast and crew, as he demanded odd flourishes such as blaring Gnarls Barkley's song "Crazy" at full volume before filming every one of his scenes.
My point of this long-winded rant is that Mickey Rourke has essentially ruined what could have been a golden opportunity comeback to fulfill his early potential as one of the great actors of all time, and now he has resorted to starring in utter dreck like this film, which is an absolutely abysmal production and something that any actor should be embarrassed to list on their resume. -
rsb342013 — 12 years ago(January 31, 2014 11:58 AM)
filmman3000
I've heard some bull in my time, but this has gotta be the nugget of all nuggets.
What the **** are you talking about? What are your sources?
You sound like a b*h Mickey had a one nighter with, then left biting the pillow.
Armchair critic. Get a job and stop spewing BS on these boards.
You people have no idea on how the film 'industry' works, or how shallow it is. When you do a lil 'homework', you may have the brain cell to post your 'facts'. Not your chicken st comments on something, you clearly, know sweet FA about. -
filmman3000 — 12 years ago(February 19, 2014 11:42 PM)
rsb342013 first I'd like to tell f%&* you, and your parent failed at raising you.
If you read my post properly you would have seen that say that I copied and pasted a review by someone else. Also if you've been in these boards a while you'd have seen plenty of post with links to articles that confirm this review of "Dead in Tombstone".
Here is a link to Rourke bashing Martin McDonagh, and Iron Man 2. Also being quite rude in regards to The Expandables.
http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/177591-mickey-rourke-talks-immortals
Rourke also bashed Moneyball for no particular reason. I am sure1908 this director will hire him in the near future.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/06/mickey-rourke-moneyball-torture/
Now the only thing I cannot double check is the producer saying about Rourke appearing in EX 2: "Maybe if he doesn't act so crazy".
Over all we are not studio executives or Mickey Rourke so we don't know what goes on behind close door, however we can speculate and the review I posted seemed to be a very probable scenario.
Now I will finish this post by saying that rsb342013 you are what I call a fanboy b!@#h everything that Rourke does you will approve and follow, you also need p%$#s enlargement, and your hobby is to eat cat poo. -
knish2 — 12 years ago(February 25, 2014 11:30 PM)
I don't understand what Mickey's problem is, he's always whining about how the acting business is political. It's like in any business, if you bully the people around you, they are not going to hire you. I saw an interview with him and Aronofsky where he is bad mouthing the writer of the wrestler, and this was just months after they were done shooting. Mickey never changed his attitude, and I hope an actor with some gratitude can replace him on the A list. Have fun doing those straight to dvd movies Mickey!
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asgard-5 — 12 years ago(March 03, 2014 05:29 AM)
My guess is, if you make parallels between Sean Penn's Oscar movie Milk and Mickey's upcoming Welshman, he probably wants the ballet dancer for his love interest. This guy certainly looks like a moviestar.
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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.
It's a shame he isn't getting any decent roles. -
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?
