Some amazing story telling here from Darren Aronofsky, and an outstanding performance by Mickey Rourke makes this somewhat depressing film a masterpiece.
I will point out though, a lot of this story seemed to feature the back of Mickey Rourke's head. Anyone else notice this?
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