What I love about 'Homeboy' (1988) so very much, its sweet, adorable and cute as opposed to its antithesis the quintessential puglirist Rocky which plunges the protagonist, after his crisis, into that fateful whirlwind for the Rocky series, this is no series, for there is no tripping on the lights fantastic moment, Johnny Walker is one of Rocky's stand-in beat up guys on the Champ's road to the top, but Mickey Rourke poses a wonderful question with this amazing write, 'This is still a human no? Even with his faults, does he not deserve a chance for his wonderful life?" Whether Johnny is in a band, or an artist or a plumber it does not matter, Fighting is what Mickey chose for Johnny as his vehicle to convey this universal message and ultimately transport us and finally transcend with one answer for the anti-hero Johnny Walker, yes he does, he does deserve his chance at a wonderful life! Unlike Rocky, this tale is gentle in its woebegone unfateful moment for a guy that is a descent boxer, whose biggest muscle is his heart, whose given up his cognizance for what he feels he does best, but in the wake of many a beatings he has lost enough for shiftless characters to take advantage of poor Johnny, who is one of the many lost souls who just really wants, needs to be held, who longs for the acceptance of a mother, of a father, who wants a shot at a universal give and take relationship based on love. As the tale unfolds we see the character tote the line between success and failure, good and bad, love and hate, reality and dreams unfortunately held too long which culminate to an appalling consequence held by beautiful youthful eyes fettered in a self-destructive habitude as the aging body crumbles and anon succumbs as our wayward stripling forges on with regret. Could he had been Rocky or just another has-been? But Johnny is not just another contender for his heart is his closest warrior in the biggest battles of life, to find a personal refuge. For Johnny there are no big flashy big fight sequences parlayed with big orgiastic parties, what I am saying is, there is life for the guy who is the punching bag in life and sometimes good things can happen even after a long string of unfortunate events, because sometimes its not just about winning, its about living and Eddie Cook, I feel composed one of the finest screenplays ever. Stellar in its raw simplicity. Mickeyyyyyyyyy!
Review of Homeboy
