Reel Time: The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke Win Big

Body slams. Razors in order to fake head injuries when you're down. A meticulously orchestrated show between WWF wrestlers. Throw in a weakened heart, battered body, busted up face, pain pills, performance enhancing drugs and an 80s soundtrack like no other (Scorpions, Cinderella, AC/DC, Dangerous Toys, Firehouse, Guns & Roses).
Wrestling has long been mocked as a "fake" sport, yet Randy the Ram (Mickey Rourke) sustains injuries like a broken clavicle, heart attach, hearing loss from the pounding.
Mickey Rourke is golden as an aging wrestler who struggles to pay the
rent on his trailer, reconcile with his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and
find love with an aging stripper, Cassidy (Marisa Tomei). The two develop a bond outside the strip club, at first. But ultimately, Cassidy can't cross lines with customers, even Randy.
Later rejected by both his daughter and Cassidy, Randy's solace is in the ring.
Ultimately, the stage is not in favor of an aging stripper, yet the
ring is just the place for an aging wrestler, at any cost.
Recognized by a deli customer at his part-time job in a supermarket, Randy explodes, storms out in a bloody rage and quits.
He cannot escape the ring. And he cannot keep a relationship.
His relationships exist only with his fans, who have followed him for nearly two decades.
But Cassidy has no more fans. Nobody wants to stuff dollar bills in her g-string anymore, yet wrestlers staple dollar bills to each other's bodies.
Randy decides that even if he has another heart attack, it's worth it. His fans worship him, the outside world is cruel.
The movie takes you all the way to the end, to the top rope, of Randy's career.