Friday, January 2nd, 2009

5 Great (And 5 Horrible) Mickey Rourke Movies You Have To See

Critics are calling Mickey Rourke‘s titular performance in The Wrestler an Oscar front-runner—and easily his best in over twenty years. What this really means is that it’s been that long since the sleazy loudmouth made a movie that film critics could even blink at. In the gallery, we recommend ten films of wildly varying quality that will help the curious understand how a new Marlon Brando quickly became the (very) poor man’s Bruce Willis—and why everyone’s excited for his comeback.

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Johnny Handsome (1989): Rourke is touching as a disfigured criminal given a new face and a second chance in this underrated crime thriller, but years of playing scumbags had taken its toll on his rep.

Posted by Anthony Miccio at 1:00 pm

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One Response to “5 Great (And 5 Horrible) Mickey Rourke Movies You Have To See”

  • Julie G. says:
    February 26, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    Don’t know how old you are or why you think you’re so well-versed in movie reviews, but you really have your head xx xxxx xxx. Most of us really don’t give a rat’s behind what you think.