Rent RocknRolla (2008)
3.2 of 5 from 326 ratings
1h 55min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- "I own this town". But owning is getting expensive for old-school London gangster Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson). A wealthier foreign mob is moving in with a riverfront property swindle. A small-timer (Gerard Butler) and his crew think they can play both sides and become big time. Now add a hard-as-ice accountant (Thandie Newton), a rocker playing dead to boost sales, wannabe music moguls (Jeremy Piven and Chris Bridges), a missing painting and a mad mosh of money and muscle, and youve got a real RocknRolla. From Guy Ritchie comes a fierce and funny caper, a smash-mouth cinematic smackdown of sex, thugs and rock 'n' roll.
- Actors:
- Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Karel Roden, Toby Kebbell, Jeremy Piven, Ludacris, Jimi Mistry, Matt King, Geoff Bell, Dragan Micanovic, Michael Ryan, Nonso Anozie, Gemma Arterton, David Bark-Jones, David Leon, Bronson Webb
- Directors:
- Guy Ritchie
- Producers:
- Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey, Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver
- Writers:
- Guy Ritchie
- Aka:
- Rock n Rolla
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2009, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, People of the Pictures, Remembering Tom Wilkinson
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/02/2009
- Run Time:
- 115 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Commentary By Writer/Director Guy Ritchie And Co-Star Mark Strong
- Additional Scene
- Blokes, Birds And Backhanders: Inside RocknRolla
- Guy's Town: The Director Reflects On His Fascination With Ever-Evolving London
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Reviews (3) of RocknRolla
One Trick Pony - RocknRolla review by CP Customer
Don't be fooled by the return to form for Guy Ritchie. In essence all he has done is retreated to the Lock Stock formula and given it a whirl, except this time with Russians and London property.
The end result is a poor film. Terrible MTV-inspired editing, a tiresome script and characters you don't care about. Easily one of the worst films of the year. Unfortunately I cannot see him stopping with this.
2 out of 7 members found this review helpful.
Usual Ritchie mockney gangsters, full of words and action but no real substance - RocknRolla review by RP
This is a Guy Ritchie film, directed like 'Lock, Stock' or 'Snatch', with the usual Ritchie mockney gangsters, full of words and action but no real substance.
The story reminded me of the far superior 'The Long Good Friday'. In that film it is US mob money moving in on the London property boom of the 1980s, in this film Russian mob money moving in on the London property boom of the 2000s. There, it was the IRA who did for the lead characters, here it is a pair of unstoppable Russian war criminals.
With 'RocknRolla' Guy Ritchie has returned to something of his earlier form after a few duds, so is you like Guy Ritchie's style and are amused by stunts like feeding villains to the crayfish then you might just enjoy this. It didn't do much for me – but it isn't a bad effort and I'll give it a too-high 3/5 stars. I've seen worse.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
competent but tired - RocknRolla review by AER
Guy Ritchie returns to the style of Cockney Gangster Geezer Movie and he's clear lost the light touch. This seems like a tired facsimile of his older films without the wit, originality or humour. Clunky sideplots about a gay gangster and a lucky painting that we never get to see fog up the pace. Sadly, it's marred by over-mannered acting. Only Tom Wilkinson generates any electricity, and a pair of Chechen hardmen bit players offer memorable scenes and fun action. It's not a patch on Lock Stock, Snatch, or even Revolver. The Gentleman, which is Guy Ritchie's most recentl return to gnagster land was better too. A post-credits promise of a sequel has so far failed to materialise. Good, keep it that way :) lol
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.