RocknRolla is a 2008 crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Jimi Mistry and Toby Kebbell. The album was released on September 5, 2008 in the UK, reaching number one at the UK box office in its first week of release.
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Plot
In London, British mafia boss Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson) organizes a burgeoning real estate business using a corrupt Counselor (Jimi Mistry) for bureaucratic service and his minions Archy (Mark Strong) for dirty work. A Russian businessman billionaire, Uri Omovich (Karel Roden), plans a crooked land deal, and London criminals all want it. Other key players include accountants under the hands of Stella (Thandie Newton) and the ambitious One-Two small pusher (Gerard Butler) leads a group called "Wild Bunch" which includes Mumbles (Idris Elba) and Bob Handsome (Tom Hardy).
Lenny sued Uri EUR7,000,000 for a crooked deal; Uri has a Stella accountant moving funds. Uri lends her painting of luck to Lenny as a sign of friendship. Stella, however, doubled Uri and tips from Wild Bunch to steal money, while the painting was stolen from Lenny's wall by the junkie rocker stepson Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell), who faked his own death. Lenny and Archy forced former managers, Mickey (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) and Roman (Jeremy Piven) to track down Johnny. The handsome Bob is also close to gay husband Stella, a lawyer who has information about the incognito informant that is prevalent in his criminal circle.
After Uri's money was stolen by the Wild Bunch for the second time, her assistant Victor began to suspect that Lenny had stolen money and deliberately kept Uri's paintings from her. Uri eventually grows impatient from Lenny and lures him to a private golf game where Victor breaks his legs in remembrance to return his lucky drawing without delay.
Cookie (Matt King) happened to buy the painting from some crackheads who had just stolen it from Johnny's hideout. Cookie then gave the painting to One-Two who, in turn, offered the painting to Stella (after a sexual encounter) as a token of appreciation. After Stella leaves her flat, One-Two is shocked by Uri's accomplices but rescued, and then kidnapped, by Archy and his men who come looking for Uri's money.
Uri wants to marry Stella, whom she has long admired. He goes to Stella's house to propose, but he then sees the painting. Stella lies and says that she has been through it for years. Uri, angry at Stella's betrayal, ordered Victor to kill her.
Archy took Johnny, Roman, Mickey, and Wild Bunch to Lenny's warehouse where Lenny ordered Johnny to be executed. He threatens to kill the Wild Bunch "very slowly" unless they hand over the money they stole. The handsome Bob offered legal documents about the informer in his pocket for Archy. Archy recognizes the pseudonym used on the document, "Sidney Shaw", as Lenny's. Lenny arranges with the police to routinely lock many criminal associates (including Archy) for years at a time to improve his own position in the criminal world and to ensure his own freedom. Archy ordered the Lenny men to free the Wild Bunch and have Lenny drowned and fed to the crayfish.
In the elevator, Johnny explains to Roman and Mickey that they will also be killed not to leave witnesses, and graphically explain their execution. His portrayal ruled out the man who executed the three men, prompting him to act before his time. After also anticipating this move, Johnny warned Mickey and Roman to intervene and kill their would-be executioner. Johnny shot two more people waiting at the top of the elevator and they fled from Archy's last army (with help from Wild Bunch).
Later, Archy took Johnny from rehab and gave Johnny Uri a fortune painting as a welcome gift. Archy says that getting the painting "sacrificed Russia's very rich arms and legs" implies he has killed Uri. Johnny states that, with his newfound freedom from his addiction and stepfather, he will do what he can not do before: "to be the real RocknRolla".
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Cast
- Mark Strong as Archy, Lenny Cole's right-hand man and movie narrator
- Tom Wilkinson as Lenny Cole, a mafia chief part of the old school mafia regime that declined in London.
- Toby Kebbell as Johnny Quid, an estranged musician and Lenny, the drug addict's stepdaughter. It was implied that he faked his own death after anticipating that the news of his death would cause his music sales to rise.
- Gerard Butler as One-Two, a Scottish mafia who is the leader of the Wild Bunch
- Tom Hardy as a Handsome Bob, a Wild Bunch member who is familiar with gay and has a semi-secret crush on One-Two Idris Elba as a partner of Mumbles, One-Two and a member of the Wild Bunch.
- Karel Roden as Russian business lord Uri Omovich.
- Thandie Newton as Stella, Uri accountant and One-Two love interest.
- Dragan Mi? anovi? as Victor, Omovich's right hand
- David Bark-Jones as Bertie
- Matt King as Cookie
- Geoff Bell as Fred
- Jeremy Piven as Roman
- Ludacris as Mickey
- Gemma Arterton as June
- Jimi Mistry as Adviser
- Nonso Anozie as a Tank
- David Leon as Malcolm
- Bronson Webb as Paul
- Michael Ryan as Pete
- Robert Stone as Night Club Bouncer
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Rocker
- Tiffany Mulheron as Jackie
The scheduling conflict prevents director Guy Ritchie from casting actor Jason Statham, who has appeared in four previous films.
Production
In May 2007, director Guy Ritchie announced the production of RocknRolla, to be produced by Ritchie's own company, Toff Guy Films, Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment, and French company StudioCanal, with distribution by Warner Bros.. after June, Ritchie hired the players for RocknRolla, and the filming began on the scene in London on June 19, 2007. Two scenes were filmed in Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire: the opening scene on the lawn tennis court, and the round of golf that took place on the 21st green with an impressive clubhouse in the background.
Reception
Critical response
The critical reaction to the film has been mixed, with 59% positive from 145 reviews on the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6/10, a critical consensus stating: "A mixed review for Guy Ritchie's return to London. based cockney wideboy gangster root film, but most agree, it is a step in the right direction following two great turkeys. "The Metacritic website, which collects and then gathers critics of major films, gives the film 53 out of 100, categorized as having mixed reviews or average. While the original themes of the film were criticized, the script and direction, as well as the performances of Strong, Butler and Kebbell, were praised.
IGN gave a positive review to the film with four out of five stars, saying "[Guy Ritchie] barely created the wheel with this movie, but RocknRolla is still a comedic thriller that each bit is achieved as its initial job, and without "Roger Ebert gave three movie stars, stating that" It never slows down to be really good, and never speeds up enough to be a Mortgage Mortgage Crisis, but there's one thing that Surely: British actors love to play gangsters as much as American actors love to play cowboys, and it's always fun to see people having fun. "
box office
The film reached No. 1 at the UK box office in its first week of release.
The film took a total gross of US $ 25,739,015 worldwide, compared with US $ 83 million for Snatch, returning a modest return on the movie budget of US $ 18,000,000.
Soundtrack
- United Kingdom Edition
- "Dialogue clip: Asking Questions" - Mark Strong
- "I'm a Man" - Black Strobe
- "Have Love, Will Travel" - Sonics
- "Dialogue Clip: No School Like Old School" - Artists
- "Bankrobber" - The Clash
- "Travel" - Kim Fowley
- "Dialogue clip: Volunteer!" - Artists
- "Ruskies" - Steve Isles
- "Outlaw" - War
- "Waiting for Train" - Flash and Pan
- "Dialogue clip: Junkies" - Artists
- "Rock & Roll Queen" - Underground
- "The Gun" - Lou Reed
- "The Stomp" - The Hive
- "We Had Love" - ​​â €
- "Dialogue clip: Sausages & Beans" - Artists
- "Mirror in the Bathroom" - The Beat
- "Love Funnel" - Wanda Jackson
- "Stupid" - 22-20an
- "Dopilsya" - ex-Gaza Strip
- "Negra Leono" - Miguelito ValdÃÆ'Â © s
Sequel
Newton reveals that Ritchie stated that he hopes to extend the RocknRolla into the trilogy, in which case the film gets enough positive attention. At the end of the movie there is a title card stating "Johnny, Archy and Wild Bunch will return to The Real RocknRolla ". According to audio comments and interviews with Ritchie, the second movie has been written and is awaiting studio approval.
In a 2011 interview, promoting Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, when asked about the possibility of the RocknRolla sequel, Ritchie said, "You know, I've spent a lot of time. think about it! I've written the script, I think it's a good script, and Joel (Silver) wants to pay me to do it. But until now we have not had time to do it. It sits there and we all want to do it, it's just a matter of when we'll adjust it. So we will wait and see. "He also mentioned that as long as Warner Bros continues to cast it" big movies like the Sherlock Holmes and The Man from UNCLE , then it probably will not happen soon. "
References
External links
- RocknRolla on IMDb
- RocknRolla in AllMovie
- RocknRolla in Mojo Box Office
- RocknRolla at Rotten Tomatoes
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