Homeboy

You think with Mickey Rourke having written this film himself he might have let his character live for change. Whoops......just ruined the flick for ya didn't I! Seriosuly though...can you think of a leading actor who gets killed off as often as Mickey does. It don't matter if he's the friggin' good guy...he still dies like a dog. Maybe it's because of it and maybe it's because of his love of boxing that he plays...you guessed it...a hard luck pugilist trying to make good in this big bad ol' world. It sure as shit don't help when Christopher Walken is your best friend though mind you he did OK in that role in MAN ON FIRE. All joking aside HOMEBOY is one of those great movies you probably never saw and it is more than well worth tracking down for several reasons the first being director Michael Seresin. This is the only film the New Zealand cinematographer has ever directed and for the life of me I know not why because he style is great. The other amazing aspect of this film, movie itself aside, is the haunting score provided by Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen. It suits the feel of this gritty look at the lower side of boxing perfectly as does every actor involved including Stephen Baldwin as a drunk in a park which suuuuuuure must have been an acting stretch for that bad boy! Still, no matter how you slice it this one all comes back to Rourke and as this is his brain child he has every reason to be a proud father.