mickey rourke is enjoying a renaissance at the moment. and fair play to him. i always liked his image and his acting ability in such fare as angel heart and johnny handsome. you know what you are going to get with rourke  mean and moody and dirty. but this film gives you much more  and you do not want most of it. first and foremost  this whole thing just doesn not make sense. rourke is a hardened ira killer who after killing a bus load of schoolchildren flees ireland for london. he is on the run from the cops and from his own army comrades. he has also vowed to never kill again. it looks like the bus full of kids finally did it for him. however and when he gets to london he is tracked down by a local mobster (bates  looking like his eyebrows and hair came straight off a burton dummy) to kill his main competitor in turn for £50 and 000 and a boat trip to the us. rourke reluctantly agrees to do it but is seen by a priest (hoskins) and confesses the crime to him in the confessional in order to keep the priest mouth shut. he figures it is better than killing him. a wealth of things arise here which just do not add up represent 1. why pick rourke to off your competition. as is illustrated by a scene whereby an employee is pinned to a wall by a couple of heavies with what look like awls  these london guys are tough enough anyway to do their own killing. 2. not only that but the mobster gets a guy to follow rourke and witness the killing with his own eyes. why do not that guy simply kill the competitor and save all the hassle of dealing with rourke. 3. hoskins sees the murder take place and the police let him go off  without protection and i may add  to take confession. no way. 4. rourke hangs around the church (right next to where he carried out the murder ) immediately after the crime takes place to go to confession. why aren not the cops checking the place out. 5. rourke hangs around the church and hoskin blind niece in particular and for days afterward without anybody bothering him. what. he on the run and he stays put by the very place where he committed another murder. stupid. 6. the cops actually meet rourke in the church fixing the organ and have no idea who he is. do they not know he is on the run for the school bus bombing. they do not even check up on him. 7. why get rourke to kill for you and and then tell him to wait around for a few days to get on the boat. you would think you would want to get rid of him immediately. or kill him. one or the other. 8. why does bates brother suddenly decide to rape the blind niece in the midst of all the waiting. could he not restrain himself for a few days. at least until rourke has been safely offed to the states. ridiculous. 9. rourke suddenly has inner turmoil after all his years of killing and wins over the blind niece immediately  even after she knows he is a killer and she still loves him. again  utterly ludicrous. and besides  she falls in love with him in record time  a few days . 10. the whole bomb thing at the end is just plain silly from bates point of view. 11. things happen in parts of this film that just do not make sense or are simply in there to help the storyline (and i say that in jest) along. bates houses rourke in a whorehouse until the boat is ready to sail and rourke suddenly displays a moral high ground to respect the whore in the house  but yet will bed a blind girl. 12. rourke asks a henchman on the boat where bates is  and the henchman practically spurts out the entire movements of his boss in less than 10 seconds. it was embarrassing  the guy was telling rourke far more than he even asked. 13. hoskin priest is an ex army guy and we see him beat up three henchmen behind a pub. totally uncalled for and yet another cringe worthy scene. i am gonna stop there at unlucky 13 without mentioning rourke hair (so falsely red it is laughable) and his accent (which to be fair is not too bad sometimes but deteriorates to a barely heard mumble at other times) and his clothes and walk and looks to the heavens etc. nor will i mention the music and the choppy editing style. oooppps  i have just mentioned them. overall  a disaster of a film with some obvious religious imagery thrown in (rourke on the cross and preaching from a pulpit) which would embarrass a first year film student never mind a top star and director. negative . 
mickey rourke is enjoying a renaissance at the moment. and fair play to him. i always liked his image and his acting ability in such fare as angel heart and johnny handsome. you know what you are going to get with rourke  mean and moody and dirty. but this film gives you much more  and you do not want most of it. first and foremost  this whole thing just doesn not make sense. rourke is a hardened ira killer who after killing a bus load of schoolchildren flees ireland for london. he is on the run from the cops and from his own army comrades. he has also vowed to never kill again. it looks like the bus full of kids finally did it for him. however and when he gets to london he is tracked down by a local mobster (bates  looking like his eyebrows and hair came straight off a burton dummy) to kill his main competitor in turn for £50 and 000 and a boat trip to the us. rourke reluctantly agrees to do it but is seen by a priest (hoskins) and confesses the crime to him in the confessional in order to keep the priest mouth shut. he figures it is better than killing him. a wealth of things arise here which just do not add up represent 1. why pick rourke to off your competition. as is illustrated by a scene whereby an employee is pinned to a wall by a couple of heavies with what look like awls  these london guys are tough enough anyway to do their own killing. 2. not only that but the mobster gets a guy to follow rourke and witness the killing with his own eyes. why do not that guy simply kill the competitor and save all the hassle of dealing with rourke. 3. hoskins sees the murder take place and the police let him go off  without protection and i may add  to take confession. no way. 4. rourke hangs around the church (right next to where he carried out the murder ) immediately after the crime takes place to go to confession. why aren not the cops checking the place out. 5. rourke hangs around the church and hoskin blind niece in particular and for days afterward without anybody bothering him. what. he on the run and he stays put by the very place where he committed another murder. stupid. 6. the cops actually meet rourke in the church fixing the organ and have no idea who he is. do they not know he is on the run for the school bus bombing. they do not even check up on him. 7. why get rourke to kill for you and and then tell him to wait around for a few days to get on the boat. you would think you would want to get rid of him immediately. or kill him. one or the other. 8. why does bates brother suddenly decide to rape the blind niece in the midst of all the waiting. could he not restrain himself for a few days. at least until rourke has been safely offed to the states. ridiculous. 9. rourke suddenly has inner turmoil after all his years of killing and wins over the blind niece immediately  even after she knows he is a killer and she still loves him. again  utterly ludicrous. and besides  she falls in love with him in record time  a few days . 10. the whole bomb thing at the end is just plain silly from bates point of view. 11. things happen in parts of this film that just do not make sense or are simply in there to help the storyline (and i say that in jest) along. bates houses rourke in a whorehouse until the boat is ready to sail and rourke suddenly displays a moral high ground to respect the whore in the house  but yet will bed a blind girl. 12. rourke asks a henchman on the boat where bates is  and the henchman practically spurts out the entire movements of his boss in less than 10 seconds. it was embarrassing  the guy was telling rourke far more than he even asked. 13. hoskin priest is an ex army guy and we see him beat up three henchmen behind a pub. totally uncalled for and yet another cringe worthy scene. i am gonna stop there at unlucky 13 without mentioning rourke hair (so falsely red it is laughable) and his accent (which to be fair is not too bad sometimes but deteriorates to a barely heard mumble at other times) and his clothes and walk and looks to the heavens etc. nor will i mention the music and the choppy editing style. oooppps  i have just mentioned them. overall  a disaster of a film with some obvious religious imagery thrown in (rourke on the cross and preaching from a pulpit) which would embarrass a first year film student never mind a top star and director. negative . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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