2005 | Guy Ritchie | 115 min | 15
I’ve been on a bit of a gangster binge the last week or so, watching Layer Cake, Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the first I had seen several times before, the other 2 I had never seen - shock horror I know - I had just never got round to seeing them despite knowing how great they were meant to be. Well, they were, i’d easily give them both 4 stars, so the other night I thought I’d give Ritchie’s oft-panned film Revolver a go. I wish I hadn’t. To be fair I enjoyed most of it, it started off with pretty strong and the story was flowing pretty well, I’d already guessed who Avi and Zach were long before it was revealed to us but never mind (by the time it got to the twist I had pretty much lost interest anyway), it was towards the end where it lost it’s way. Jake’s getting revenge on Macha, Macha’s looking for his powder and killing all of Lord John’s men while they are doing the same with Macha and all the while everyone’s going on about Mr. Gold, all spliced with shots of Ray Liotta and Jason Statham screaming at the camera. I’m sorry Guy, you lost me. Stick to what you know and are good at. Stick to London. Here’s hoping RocknRolla is a return to form.
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