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Mickey Rourke’s latest cinematic achievement of note was 2005’s Sin City, based on the Frank Miller comic of the same name.

Rourke plays the part of Marv, one of the main characters in the film (and in almost all other Sin City stories to date). A giant, hulking thug, Marv is nevertheless not without his own set of scruples, and when a prostitute he slept with his murdered he sets out to discover the killer, not only to clear his own name but to avenge her death.

With time Marv tracks down the real killer, a mute cannibal named Kevin (played by Elijah Wood) who believes that he’s bettering himself by eating the souls of prostitutes. Marv beats Kevin to within an inch of his life after a ferocious battle (Kevin himself is a highly skilled fighter) and, after severing his arms and legs, leaves Kevin to be eaten by his pet wolf.

Marv is captured by the police, however, and after a short stay in jail and some bad beatings he is electrocuted. Marv manages to survive one blast of the electricity (insulting his captors in the process), but a second does the big man in.

Critically praised for playing Marv, Rourke received both awards for the role and the jump start his career needed after breaking from it for several years. If/when there is a second Sin City movie, Rourke will almost certainly be brought back.