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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792854692
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792854691
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 38057
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 1987
Editorial Review:
Description:
Mickey Rourke (9 1/2 Weeks) gives 'his finest performance to date' (L.A. Weekly) in this hair-trigger action-thriller co-starring Bob Hoskins (Enemy at the Gates), Alan Bates (The Sum of All Fears) and Liam Neeson (Star Wars: Episode I). A gritty tale of retribution and redemption, A Prayer for the Dying has 'a brisk style and an edgy rhythm' (The New York Times) that will keep your heart racing in suspense until the final frame! Tormented IRA revolutionary Martin Fallon (Rourke) wants out of the endless cycle of violence and bloodshed. Unfortunately, the price for his freedom is to perform one last murder for a ruthless mobster (Bates). As the vicious world he's trying to escape closes in on him, Fallon's only hope for salvation may be the man he's been ordered to kill.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I've seen better
Ummm, you people who think Mickey Rourke (Martin Fallon) was giving a great performance really need to watch more movies. Rourke's accent was almost as funny as Richard Gere's in "The Jackal." He was okay, but not great.
Maybe this was a good movie in the 80's for that genre, but it was very slow, predictable and filled with stereotypical characterizations of cops and bad guys. Oh, the bad guys were especially terrible in this one (Alan Bates as Jack Meehan). Something like New York ... Read More
Rating: - A Prayer for the Dying
It is an excellent movie showing someone who has lost his taste for killing and the road he takes. The acting is very good and the story is excellent.
Rating: - It isn't King Lear, but it's better than you think!
I've read some pretty scathing reviews of this film, but I find every Mike Hodges film I've seen to be extremely interesting. This one is no exception. Bob Hoskins is said to be miscast---but I believed him. Alan Bates could read the phone book and I'd enjoy his work. And this is the only time I've ever liked Mickey Rourke's work. If you're exploring Hodges or you just want something a little different, give this one a shot.
Rating:  - Underated
To me, this is one of the best, most powerful movies of all time!
To all you doubters, it proves that Mickey Rourke is a great actor!
Rating: - Great movie - very faithful to the book
If you have read and enjoyed the book then you will love the movie. Micky Rourke is excellent (this is still in the days when he could act) and so is the rest of this stellar cast. Well worth it.
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