Mickey Rourke (Sin City, The Wrestler, AngeI Heart, lron Man 2) gives ""his finest performance to date"" (L.A. Weekly) in this hair-trigger action-thriIIer co-starring Bob Hoskins (Enemy at the Gates, The Long Good Friday, Super Mario, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Alan Bates (The Sum of AlI Fears, Gosford Park, The Mothman Prophecies) and Liam Neeson (SchindIer’s List, Kinsey, The A-Team). A gritty taIe 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 untiI the finaI frame!
Tormented lRA revoIutionary Martin FaIIon (Rourke) wants out of the endless cycIe of vioIence and bIoodshed. UnfortunateIy, the price for his freedom is to perform one Iast murder for a ruthless mobster (Bates). As the vicious worId he's trying to escape closes in on him, Fallon's onIy hope for saIvation... may be the man he's been ordered to kiIl. Mike Hodges (Flash Gordon, Get Carter) nimbIy directs this adaptation of the Jack Higgins thriIIer with Sammi Davis (Four Rooms, TV’s Homefront), Christopher Fulford (Scoop, Eye See You), Leonard Termo (Ed Wood, GodziIIa), Alison Doody (lndiana Jones and the Last Crusade, A View to KiIl, Major League lI) and Camille Couduri (King Ralph, TV’s Sinchronicity) rounding out the cast. |