RocknRolla (2008)

[VampAurora]

Storyline:
Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.

Additional Information:

Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Produced by: Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey, Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver
Written by: Guy Ritchie
Narrated by: Mark Strong

Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Karel Roden, Thandie Newton, Ludacris
Music by: Steve Isles
Cinematography: David Higgs
Editing by: James Herbert

Studio: Dark Castle Entertainment, Toff Guy Films, StudioCanal
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 5 September 2008
Running time: 114 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, France
Language: English
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $25,739,015

Critiques:

"Ritchie concocts a crime-jungle demimonde that's organically linked to the real world, and it's a damn fun one to visit." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"It's all here: the ingenious, obscenity-laced language, the double crosses that turn into triple crosses, the swaggering characters so in love with themselves. GottaLove RocknRolla!" Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

"A cleverly constructed, sensationally stylish and often darkly hilarious seriocomic caper." Joe Leydon, Variety

"A well-acted and attitudinal action movie, a return to Ritchie's trademark "Mockney" style, which takes amusing and twisted turns." Claudia Puig, USA Today

[VampAurora]

VampAurora's Critique:

A pretty good movie, with nice actors and good scenario. Some action scenes, some funny ones and generally a movie that has a bit of almost everything. Great acting. It shows one aspect of the mafia wars, which I like. I'll suggest this movie to you, especially if you are a mafia-movie maniac, you should add this to your collection.

Rating: 8.5/10