The Wrestler : DVD released on April 21, 2009

The mystery of Mickey Rourke's career is a grungy apotheosis in The Wrestler the much-battered actor's triumphant return to the top rope. He plays Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a heavily battered and medicinal Battler the past twenty years his best moment in the ring. But he remains on schleps every second rate fight card he can learn, hands the paycheck (more likely a handful of cash) and what is nursing his pride. His attempts to adapt to a more normal form of life is the most absorbing parts in the film, though it is flirting with a stripper (Marisa Tomei is in good shape, in every sense of the word), establishing a link understandably angry with his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood), or work behind the counter on a delicate matter inconspicuous Megastore. Rourk is commander of the role he obviously spent hours in the gym and tanning salon, and are easy with the semi-documentary style by director Darren Aronofsky leaves him naturalistically interact with colorful real-life wrestlers who crowd the film ultra---credible sites. All that helps distract from the movie in general compliance with the old formula. You might find yourself waiting for the scene where the risk-taking Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) pulls the switch and reveals his true motives for the pursuit of otherwise sentimental story, but there is no switch. The Wrestler is an old-fashioned grit Hoke machine given by an actor who does not seem to really carry out the role of a survivor on the hit.

Actors: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Fox Searchlight
DVD Release Date: April 21, 2009
Run Time: 111 minutes