Out in Fifty (1999)

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

People are voting emotionally.

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Saw this little movie "Out In Fifty" that probably nobody in the world saw. Leet plays ex- convict killer Ray Frye from Mississippi pitch perfectly. What amazed me most was Leet's emotional depth with the character. I really wanted this ex-con, who's just trying to walk the straight line and get a second chance at life, to succeed and realize his dreams. The guy had me in tears at one point when he tells Gloria, the woman he loves, that he's been ruined and that she shouldn't want to be with him. The other thing that also struck me was how beautiful Mr. Leet is. There's a sweetness to him. Like he's a tough softie. I love that.Great face. Great actor.

Here we have the basic formula for a revenge story. Mickey Rourke stars as cop whose wife is accidentally killed one evening whilst entertaining a strange young man. He then starts stalking the convict on his release.....which leads to Rourke's lust for revenge. Had the story been this straight forward on screen then it surely would've bored me to tears, but the films eccentric characters and the complex relationships within the film carry it completely. Balthazar Getty makes a cameo as a whacked out pimp/motel owner Overall well worth a look.It's unlikely you'll see Rourke in a low budget movie again, since his career has taken off again (finally), so check this out if your a fan.

Some film's are so bad they're good...or good enough to watch and laugh at. Chuck Norris' "Breaker Breaker" is one which I enjoyed watching because it was such an awful almost Vaudevillian production. Others, such as "Terror Firmer", are bad enough to be enjoyable on some level even though they're aren't good enough to garner Razzie nom's."Out in Fifty" is an awful film which languishes somewhere between the funny/good-awful and the Razzie candidates with its pathetic attempt to tell the story of a grudge between a macho ex-con and a psycho cop. Among the film's attributes are a stunningly horrible performance by the Osenbeck and co-Director Leet's narcissistic infatuation with his own musculature as he pumps iron."Out in Fifty" is the real deal...the real awful with zero potential. The producers should seriously consider getting out of the film biz and cutting their losses. (F)

Two things, Mickey Rourke and grizzled burn out. Need I say more? Sure the story is pretty dumb, but it kind of has a message. EEEHHHH, but who cares we're talking about The Mick at his burnt out best. The scene in the alley where he's drinking from the liquor bottle and in a fit of unbridled rage flings the bottle into a wall, slamming it into a million pieces is worth the price of rental alone. Mickey's dialogue is a hoot too, he's so burnt out he can barely speak and would rather beat the daylights out of you than muster the strength to look at you.Its up to you whether to see it or not, but if your a Mick fan, more importantly a burn out Mick fan don't miss it.