A Prayer for the Dying
1987
***½
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis, Liam Neeson
Mickey Rourke was at the peak of his career when he starred in this enjoyable drama about an IRA hitman who wants to pull out of the game. The redundant subplots (the blind girl and the terrorist colleagues) weaken the film. Based on a novel by Jack Higgins.
