Spirit is back
Added 10/27/2009
After a disappointment like revolver, the spirit of lock, stock and...is back
in this buddy movie with lots of good actors.
But we're still far away from the sharp sense of humor of Snatch!
Quality of the bluray is good but not exceptionnel.
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A shot to the funny bone!
Added 10/27/2009
This movie is HILARIOUS- full of sophisticated humor. It's like The Godfather without Don Corleone and none of his family drama. Just a funny gangster flick, but not too over the top.
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A series of misfortunes ...
Added 10/23/2009
"RocknRolla" is a British crime drama directed by Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels). The film is a about a British crime boss named Lenny Cole (Wilkinson) who is involved in the real estate market. When a wealthy Russian real estate tycoon, and crime figure, Yuri Omovich (Karel Roden) comes looking for Lenny to help in a major new deal things start to unravel.
Yuri asks his accountant, Stella (Thandie Newton), to transfer some money to Lenny. Unbeknown to Yuri, Stella mentions the drop off point for the money to a band of thieves, consisting of One Two, and Mumbles (Gerard Butler and Idris). They intercept and steal the money. Also, Yuri has lent his good luck painting to Lenny, but then someone else steals the picture, which Yuri then asks to have returned since he feels his luck has changed since lending it to Lenny. Yuri gets another 7,000,000 for Lenny, but then that too is stolen.
In this world of crime there are the scavengers that take and pillage whatever they can at whatever opportunity becomes available. And through a series of unforeseen events these crime bigwigs start to belief that the other is screwing with them. Lenny thinks Yuri is balking at paying the agreed sum of money, and Yuri, after asking for his lucky painting back and getting excuses from Lenny about why he hasn't returned it, believes Lenny is also screwing with him. All the while behind the scenes there are these weasels, and riff-raff who are screwing with them. In a continually amusing series of mishaps and events the sordid underbelly of the real estate world is turned upside down. This film isn't as brisk as "Lock, Stock and Two barrels", but it is highly entertaining nonetheless.
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A MUST SEE
Added 10/5/2009
This was a clever picture. It had exceptionally strong characters and the actors that played them portrayed them perfectly. Guy Richie has a knack about getting a stella cast for his pictures and he definitely did it in this one. There were no horrible performance's in this picture. There are no dragging scenes, its all constant, fast paced as you follow two different plots in story simultaneously that meet up at the end, which is kind of a who done it.
For some reason when Guy Richie comes out with a new movie I always think its going to stink. Every time I am amazed at how good it is. Guy Richie in my eyes is the next Tarantino, I think even better. He is creating the standard for the "New Age Gangster Film". It doesn't have to be violent and bloody to be a great movie and he proves this time and time again.
This in my eyes is a must see. Even if this is not your so called genre, still see it, you will be surprised as well as pleased.
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Great Movie!
Added 9/28/2009
Whew!!! Just when I had lost faith in My Ritchie, this came along, and it is very good.
(A fitting atonement for the extremely bad Revolver...)
Greard Butler and Thandie Newton give great performances
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Spirit is back
Added 10/27/2009
After a disappointment like revolver, the spirit of lock, stock and...is back
in this buddy movie with lots of good actors.
But we're still far away from the sharp sense of humor of Snatch!
Quality of the bluray is good but not exceptionnel.
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A shot to the funny bone!
Added 10/27/2009
This movie is HILARIOUS- full of sophisticated humor. It's like The Godfather without Don Corleone and none of his family drama. Just a funny gangster flick, but not too over the top.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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A series of misfortunes ...
Added 10/23/2009
"RocknRolla" is a British crime drama directed by Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels). The film is a about a British crime boss named Lenny Cole (Wilkinson) who is involved in the real estate market. When a wealthy Russian real estate tycoon, and crime figure, Yuri Omovich (Karel Roden) comes looking for Lenny to help in a major new deal things start to unravel.
Yuri asks his accountant, Stella (Thandie Newton), to transfer some money to Lenny. Unbeknown to Yuri, Stella mentions the drop off point for the money to a band of thieves, consisting of One Two, and Mumbles (Gerard Butler and Idris). They intercept and steal the money. Also, Yuri has lent his good luck painting to Lenny, but then someone else steals the picture, which Yuri then asks to have returned since he feels his luck has changed since lending it to Lenny. Yuri gets another 7,000,000 for Lenny, but then that too is stolen.
In this world of crime there are the scavengers that take and pillage whatever they can at whatever opportunity becomes available. And through a series of unforeseen events these crime bigwigs start to belief that the other is screwing with them. Lenny thinks Yuri is balking at paying the agreed sum of money, and Yuri, after asking for his lucky painting back and getting excuses from Lenny about why he hasn't returned it, believes Lenny is also screwing with him. All the while behind the scenes there are these weasels, and riff-raff who are screwing with them. In a continually amusing series of mishaps and events the sordid underbelly of the real estate world is turned upside down. This film isn't as brisk as "Lock, Stock and Two barrels", but it is highly entertaining nonetheless.
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