This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.9/10 | |
Released: | January 30, 2009 | |
Runtime: | 109 min | |
Genres: | Drama Sport | |
Countries: | United States France | |
Companies: | Top Rope Wild Bunch Saturn Films Protozoa Pictures | |
Cast: | Mickey Rourke Marisa Tomei Evan Rachel Wood | |
Crew: | Darren Aronofsky Robert Siegel | |