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Now that the Mickey Rourke comeback arc is complete – with our redeemed hero falling just short of the ultimate prize, a Best Actor Oscar – what better time to look back at one of the movies that made a comeback necessary in the first place? By 1997, Rourke’s star had already fallen far enough for him to reprise his role as wealthy investor John Grey in a straight-to-video sequel to 9 ½ Weeks (after he’d already reteamed with Weeks director/sleazemeister Adrian Lyne for the quasi-sequel Wild Orchid). The halcyon days of Johnny Handsome and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man were but a distant memory.

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