Tag Archive: Mickey Rourke
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9½ Weeks
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I find it surprising how a movie like Fifty Shades of Grey manages to create such a stir in recent years considering a similar movie was released 30 years prior. The controversial erotic movie 9½ Weeks also caused some uproar upon its release for its steamy sex scenes and depiction of kinky sex. But aside…
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Double Team
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Double Team; that movie that practically destroyed Van Damme’s career and luckily never gave Dennis Rodman one. To me Double Team acts as somewhat of a turning point in how I viewed Van Damme movies. Before this movie all of his 90’s movies had theatrical runs in my country and therefor had great exposure in…
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Iron Man 2
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If Iron Man 2 is lacking one thing compared to its predecessor it’s the element of surprise. Two years ago nobody thought a rather unknown superhero (compared to Spider-man and Batman) would be able to star in such a fun and thrilling movie. Expectation were a bit low to say the least but that changed…
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The Expendables
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For everyone growing up in the 80s and 90s The Expendables is a dream come true. A dream that might be a little too late for it to be completely satisfying but a dream come true nevertheless. In the past some of the famous action names in the cast had some one on ones (Li…
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Bullet
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In The Wrestler Mickey Rourke complained: “I’ll tell you somethin’, I hate the fuckin’ 90’s. Fuckin’ 90’s sucked.” And it’s not hard to see how this reflected Mickey’s career in the 90’s in which everything he performed in seemed to be destined to fail. His most high profile roles were the bad guy in a…
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Point Blank
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In The Wrestler Mickey Rourke mentions that the 90’s “fucking sucked”. It’s nod to Mickey’s career back in the 90’s. Mickey, who was on top of his game in the 80’s with a bunch of moneymaking movies, ended up in the 90’s in all sorts of trash. Point Blank was made in 1998 and is…
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