Out in Fifty

This is a desperate attempt to be an edgy film but it fails miserably. You know you're in trouble when a film relies on cameos to keep things interesting. "Out in Fifty" is no exception. Appearances by Christina Applegate, Balthazar Getty, and Alexis Arquette don't do anything to forward the plot. They all do a fine job but are given extremely little screen time. Mickey Rourke is absolutely pathetic in his role and really should consider giving up acting. "Out in Fifty" is filmed with a lot of quick takes in spots, which is more likely to induce a seizure rather than make you more excited about the movie. The "plot" involves a guy who is celebrating his 21st birthday in a bar. A young woman picks him up and they have some rough sex. He ends up accidentally killing her and goes to prison for manslaughter. Seven years later he is released and the woman's husband, a cop, becomes obsessed with making the guy's life very difficult. There is also a side plot involving the ex-con and the couple he moves in with. It's all really rather dull and meaningless. 2/10

It looked pretty cheap on the DVD but I gave it a chance as it's got Mickey Rourke in it. The film itself is obviously a low budget independent film but it didn't turn out as bad as I expected, I have seen a lot worse films (Troll 2, Birdemic, Skyline) and compared to them, this one is pretty good.

Mickey Rourke gave a good performance as a alcoholic cop who wants revenge on a man who gets released from prison for the murder of Rourke's wife.

A little dark and at times tries to act like a Tarantino films, especially at the intro. If you can pass some of the mediocre performances by some people, then you won't mind watching this at least once. I'm glad I got this one cheap, not the best film ever but not as awful as people say.

As much as I love Mickey,it has become evident that when he stars in a bad movie he gives a bad performance.Just like most of the stuff we've seen him in the 90's OUT IN FIFTY is a very poor movie and Rourke's performance here goes nowhere.In fact he seems totally disinterested. From the irritable intro to the end this film lingers on ,into oblivion. All the characters here are unwatchable.The plot,script and direction are weak to say the least. Luckily since this film it seems that Mickey Rourke is getting some richly deserved decent roles. The man deserves a break.He was afterall the most charismatic actor in the 80's. I await his comeback with bated breath.........but if one is expecting to capture his former glories in this movie......forget it.In fact avoid Out In Fifty with a vengence because it may put you off Mickey Rourke for good.

I don't know how much scenes of the movie have been cut in the German TV version. While decided going to bed, I zapped around a little... and: baboom! I watched the whole movie. It's one of the movies I could watch over and over again.

First impression was, that the movie was a mixture of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (surreal), "U-Turn", a litle bit "sore loosers" and movies like that. It's a very idependent film and everybody who likes strange films with very good acting combined with a strange story, drug abuse and so on... should love this movie.

Personally, I ordered it the next day I saw it on TV.

The other film is "Point Blank" (1997) In this one he plays a really, strung out cop on the edge. He drinks,smokes, and speaks in monotone. That's not the character, that's Rourke. He's unshaven and mumbles so much you can't hear what he's saying. He has one scene with James Avery (Uncle Phil from the "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air") that's just hilarious. You need subtitles. Just watch it for Rourke's non-performance. If he thought the character "Jack Bracken" was like this, this is an amazing performance begging for repeat viewings. I like Mickey Rourke. He is a excellent actor, with masterpieces like "Year of The Dragon " (1985), "Barfly" (1987), and "Pope of Greenwich Village" (1984). This is just a detour which he will eventually go on the right track.

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