Drama about an ageing professional wrestler (Mickey Rourke), who tries to come to terms with life outside the ring and is faced with an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis.
Rourke gives the performance of his career as the fading star Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, 20 years beyond his shelf life he is a man whose whole sense of being is his ring persona – and that is slowly slipping away.
Darren Aronofsky’s film is a candid, unwashed look at mid-life and how former stars cope with the realisation that they have become irrelevant. Great filmmaking!
The Wrestler – Friday at 10.00pm on Viceland.
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